Return of the Gift
European History of a Global Idea
Inbunden, Engelska, 2010
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Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.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.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2010-12-06
- Mått152 x 229 x 16 mm
- Vikt460 g
- FormatInbunden
- SpråkEngelska
- Antal sidor224
- FörlagCambridge University Press
- ISBN9781107002180