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Published by Martino Fine Books, 2011
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- Title
- The Gift: Forms and Functions of Exchange in Archaic Societies
- Author
- Mauss, Marcel
- Publisher
- Martino Fine Books
- Publication year
- 2011
- Condition
- Fair
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 161427018X
- ISBN 13
- 9781614270188
- Item weight
- 0.54 pounds
2011 Reprint of 1954 American Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. This is perhaps the first systematic study of the custom, widespread in primitive societies from ancient Rome to present-day Melanesia, of exchanging gifts. The gift is conceived as a transaction forming part of all human, personal relationships between individuals and groups. These gift exchanges are at the same time moral, economic, juridical, aesthetic, religious, mythological and social phenomena. A classic work.
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About the Author
Marcel Mauss was a French sociologist and anthropologist. His work profoundly influenced the field of anthropology with respect to topics such as magic, sacrifice, and gift exchange in primitive cultures.
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