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

of Marcel Mauss

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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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Anthropology Anthropology Nonfiction Sociology History Philosophy Economics Theory Academic Ethnography Classics

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Format Paperback
Pages 184 pages
Publisher W. W. Norton Company
Publication Date August 17th 2000
First Publication 10/30/23
Language English
ISBN 9780393320435
Edition Not informed
Category Arts & Culture
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