World of the Gift by Jacques T. Godbout, Alain C. Caille

World of the Gift

Jacques T. Godbout, Alain C. Caille

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nonfiction philosophy sociology informative medium-paced
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The anthropologist Marcel Mauss, in his famous exploration of the gift in "primitive" and archaic societies, showed that the essential aspect of the exchange of presents involved the establishment of a social tie that bound the parties together ab...

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