Scalp-taking

IF 1.3 4区社会学 Q3 SOCIOLOGY

Rationality and Society Pub Date : 2019-11-04 DOI:10.1177/1043463119894581

E. Piano, Byron Carson

引用次数: 6

Abstract

At their arrival in North America, travelers from the Old Continent were exposed to a radically different civilization. Among the many practices that captured their imagination was scalp-taking. During a battle, the Native American warrior would often stop after having killed or subdued the enemy and cut off his scalp. In this article, we develop an economic theory of this gruesome practice. We argue that scalp-taking constituted an institutional solution to the problem of monitoring warriors’ behavior in the battlefield under conditions of high information costs.

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Scalp-taking

当他们抵达北美时，来自旧大陆的旅行者接触到了一个完全不同的文明。在许多吸引他们想象力的做法中，有一种是头皮抓伤。在战斗中，美洲原住民战士通常会在杀死或制服敌人后停下来，割下他的头皮。在这篇文章中，我们发展了一个关于这种可怕做法的经济学理论。我们认为，在高信息成本的条件下，头皮采集是监控战士在战场上行为问题的一种制度解决方案。

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Rationality and Society SOCIOLOGY-

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1.50

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