Abstract This contribution suggests a classification of different anthropological contributions to entrepreneurship research. Critical approaches to entrepreneurship focus on the ideological bias of the term. As the work of Mary Douglas, they critique the methodological individualism and the utilitarian self-concept underlying the entrepreneur. Affirmative approaches, in the tradition of Joseph Schumpeter or Frederik Barth, are concerned with the definition, understanding and transformative outcomes of entrepreneurship. Pragmatic approaches use tactically the social eminence of the term by expanding it to a wide range of apparently distant topics, such as the ‘ethno-preneur’ coined by John and Jean Comaroff. To illustrate the analytical scope of each of these approaches, I discuss some of my empirical material from Spain, such as the discourse on entrepreneurship in the 2015 parliamentary elections, the case of a media entrepreneur in rural Andalusia and the politics of heritage entrepreneurship and the M...

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Mann der Tat，企业文化和民族企业家：讨论西班牙企业家精神的肯定、批判和务实方法的范围

摘要 这一贡献建议对创业研究的不同人类学贡献进行分类。创业的关键方法侧重于该术语的意识形态偏见。作为玛丽·道格拉斯的作品，他们批判了企业家背后的方法论个人主义和功利主义的自我概念。Joseph Schumpeter 或 Frederik Barth 的传统中的肯定方法关注创业的定义、理解和变革性结果。务实的方法通过将其扩展到范围广泛的明显遥远的主题，例如由约翰和让科马罗夫创造的“民族企业家”，在战术上利用了该术语的社会地位。为了说明每种方法的分析范围，我讨论了我在西班牙的一些经验材料，