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The return of the gift : European history of a global idea

Liebersohn, Harry

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\"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.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Subject: Gifts Europe History. / Ceremonial exchange. / Anthropology Philosophy.
• ISBN: 9781107002180, 1107002184

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
GT3041.E85 L54 2011	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE