Book Details
⚡️Book Title : The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies
⚡Book Author : Marcel Mauss
⚡Page : 184 pages
⚡Published August 17th 2000 by W. W. Norton Company (first published 1923)
The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies - A brilliant example of the comparative method,The Gift presents the first systematic study of the customwidespread in primitive societies from ancient Rome to present-day Melanesiaof exchanging gifts. The gift is a perfect example of what Mauss calls a total social phenomenon, since it involves legal, economic, moral, religious, aesthetic, and other dimensions. He sees the gift exchange as related to individuals and groups as much as to the objects themselves, and his analysis calls into question the social conventions and economic systems that had been taken for granted for so many years. In a modern translation, introduced by distinguished anthropologist Mary Douglas, The Gift is essential reading for students of social anthropology and sociology.
The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies
A brilliant example of the comparative method,The Gift presents the first systematic study of the customwidespread in primitive societies from ancient Rome to present-day Melanesiaof exchanging gifts. The gift is a perfect example of what Mauss calls a total social phenomenon, since it involves legal, economic, moral, religious, aesthetic, and other dimensions. He sees the gift exchange as related to individuals and groups as much as to the objects themselves, and his analysis calls into question the social conventions and economic systems that had been taken for granted for so many years. In a modern translation, introduced by distinguished anthropologist Mary Douglas, The Gift is essential reading for students of social anthropology and sociology.
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