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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Liebersohn, Harry
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Gifts > Europe > History.
Ceremonial exchange.
Anthropology > Philosophy.
Cadeaux > Europe > Histoire.
Échange cérémoniel.
Anthropologie > Philosophie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Customs & Traditions.
Anthropology > Philosophy
Ceremonial exchange
Gifts
Europe
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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