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Tugen Monopoly: Capitalism and Conflict in the Mountains of Kenya
Author(s) -
Coy Michael W.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
anthropology and humanism quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.153
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1548-1409
pISSN - 0193-5615
DOI - 10.1525/ahu.1988.13.2.40
Subject(s) - monopoly , capitalism , citation , humanism , sociology , political science , law , politics , economics , market economy
Tugen economic rationality, based on different principles of what is correct, even profit-maximizing behavior, leads to a different strategy of play in a game of Monopoly between three Tugen and four American players. The concurrence of experience between game play and real life allows the varying notions of what constitutes economically rational behavior to become manifest. The basis of Tugen strategy for winning Monopoly appears to lie in their own notion of economically rational and morally acceptable behavior.