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The return of the gift : European history of a global idea /
"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 twe...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 210 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-204) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511933691 051193369X 0511853505 9780511853500 1107220432 9781107220430 1282943812 9781282943810 9786612943812 6612943815 0511932324 9780511932328 0511930984 9780511930980 0511928467 9780511928468 0511782241 9780511782244 0511925956 9780511925955 |