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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| Medienart: | Druck Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| Veröffentlicht: |
Cambridge [u.a.]
Cambridge University Press
2011
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| In: | Jahr: 2011 |
| Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Europa
/ Geschenk
/ Sozialer Austausch
/ Kulturanthropologie
/ Kulturtheorie
/ Geschichte 1650-1930
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| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Ceremonial exchange
B Anthropology Philosophy B Ceremonial exchange Europe History B Gifts Europe History B Gifts (Europe) History |
| Zusammenfassung: | "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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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-204) and index |
| ISBN: | 1107411416 |