Crypto-Egalitarian Life

IF 1 3区社会学 Q2 ANTHROPOLOGY

Social Analysis Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI:10.3167/sa.2022.660304

M. Shapiro

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Abstract

In this article I explore the fundamental tension in the world of Bitcoin between ‘maximalists’, who see Bitcoin as a tool for the promotion of a moral revolution, and ‘traders’, who approach Bitcoin pragmatically as a financial tool. Based on ethnography of a crypto gold rush that took place in the Bitcoin Embassy in Tel Aviv, I argue that, despite heuristic distinctions, both of these attitudes advance egalitarian tendencies. While maximalists offer a sense of belonging to a close-knit community of equals, traders promote the nominal equality of all value-making strategies in an open financial environment. I use the terms ‘ideational’ and ‘materialist’ to characterize these two modes of practice, which realize contemporary visions of egalitarian life in different forms.

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Crypto-Egalitarian生活

在这篇文章中，我探讨了比特币世界中“最大化主义者”和“交易者”之间的基本紧张关系，他们将比特币视为促进道德革命的工具，而“交易者”则将比特币视为一种实用的金融工具。基于在特拉维夫比特币大使馆发生的加密淘金热的人种志，我认为，尽管存在启发式差异，但这两种态度都促进了平等主义倾向。最大化主义者提供了一种归属感，属于一个紧密团结的平等群体，而交易员则提倡在开放的金融环境中，所有价值创造策略的名义平等。我用“观念主义”和“唯物主义”这两个术语来描述这两种实践模式，它们以不同的形式实现了平等主义生活的当代愿景。

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来源期刊

Social Analysis ANTHROPOLOGY-

CiteScore

2.20

自引率

7.10%

发文量

审稿时长

16 weeks

期刊介绍： Social Analysis is an international peer-reviewed journal devoted to exploring the analytical potentials of anthropological research. It encourages contributions grounded in original empirical research that critically probe established paradigms of social and cultural analysis. The journal expresses the best that anthropology has to offer by exploring in original ways the relationship between ethnographic materials and theoretical insight. By forging creative and critical engagements with cultural, political, and social processes, it also opens new avenues of communication between anthropology and the humanities as well as other social sciences. The journal publishes four issues per year, including regular Special Issues on particular themes. The Editors welcome individual articles that focus on diverse topics and regions, reflect varied theoretical approaches and methods, and aim to appeal widely within anthropology and beyond. Proposals for Special Issues are selected by the Editorial Board through an annual competitive call.