Marcel Mauss,W D Halls: The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies

The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies


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A brilliant example of the comparative method, ?The Gift? presents the first systematic study of the custom widespread in primitive societies from ancient Rome to present-day Melanesia of 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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Author: Marcel Mauss,W D Halls
Number of Pages: 164 pages
Published Date: 17 Aug 2000
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9780393320435
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