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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
challenging
informative
Very sweet and meta “gift” from a special person. Great essay about the importance of reciprocal gift giving in the functioning of society
This kind of made me feel creeped out about all gift giving and reciving. Mauss was optimistic about how the older laws and positivity of exchange could be returned to, that hasen't exactly happened. I would normally give this four stars, because the limited scope of the etymological section wasn't so great, but the legacy of this book is too epic for me to quibble about such things. As Mauss knew, others have followed him and gotten all that work done. Where to find it though?
I think I had a stroke while reading this cause wtf was that?!
slow-paced
'I spit the charmed ginger root and their mind turns. They lay down their spears, they receive us well.' Nothing better expresses how close together lie festival and warfare.
a win is a win...a win is a win (logging books i'm reading in school)
I feel like this guy wrote this book after getting a bad gift. The idea that society’s foundation is in the gift-exchanging spirit is really wholesome but I’m not convinced, and the examples don’t account for large-scale economies