The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies by Marcel Mauss
First published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Gift
The Gift
Summary
Since its first publication in England in 1954, Essai sur le don has been much admired and hailed among anthropology texts as a classic.
The Gift Summary
The Gift Reviews
'The Gift is quite undeniably the masterwork of Marcel Mauss, his most justly famous writing, and the work whose influence has been the deepest.' - Claude Levi-Strauss
Table of Contents
Foreword by Mary Douglas. Introduction. 1. The Exhange of Gifts and the Obligation to Reciprocate (Polynesia) 2. The Extension of this System: Liberality, Honour, Money 3. Survivals of these Principles in Ancient Systems of Law and Ancient Economies 4. Conclusion: Moral Conclusions. Notes.
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The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies by Marcel Mauss
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