| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 210 pages) |
| Contents |
The crisis of the gift: Warren Hastings and his critics -- Liberalism, self-interest, and the gift -- The selfless 'savage': theories of primitive communism -- Anthropologists and the power of the gift: Boas, Thurnwald, Malinowski -- Marcel Mauss and the globalized gift |
| Summary |
"This book is a history of European interpretations of the gift from the mid seventeenth to the early twentieth century. Reciprocal gift exchange, pervasive in traditional European society, disappeared from the discourse of nineteenth-century social theory only to return as a major theme in twentieth-century anthropology, sociology, history, philosophy and literary studies. Modern anthropologists encountered gift exchange in Oceania and the Pacific Northwest and returned the idea to European social thought; Marcel Mauss synthesized their insights with his own readings from remote times and places in his famous 1925 essay on the gift, the starting-point for subsequent discussion. The Return of the Gift demonstrates how European intellectual history can gain fresh significance from global contexts"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-204) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Gifts -- Europe -- History
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Ceremonial exchange.
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Anthropology -- Philosophy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Customs & Traditions.
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Anthropology -- Philosophy
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Ceremonial exchange
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Gifts
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Europe
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780511933691 |
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051193369X |
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0511853505 |
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9780511853500 |
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1107220432 |
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9781107220430 |
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1282943812 |
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9781282943810 |
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9786612943812 |
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6612943815 |
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0511932324 |
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9780511932328 |
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0511930984 |
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9780511930980 |
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0511928467 |
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9780511928468 |
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0511782241 |
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9780511782244 |
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0511925956 |
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9780511925955 |
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