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The Gift: Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies
By: Marcel Mauss
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ISBN: 9780415267496 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year of publishing: 2001 Format: Paperback
No of Pages: 224
In this, his most famous work, Marcel Mauss presented to the world a book which revolutionized our understanding of some of the basic structures of society. By identifying the complex web of exchange and obligation...Read more
In this, his most famous work, Marcel Mauss presented to the world a book which revolutionized our understanding of some of the basic structures of society. By identifying the complex web of exchange and obligation involved in the act of giving, Mauss called into question many of our social conventions and economic systems. In a world rife with runaway consumption, The Gift continues to excite and challenge.
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About the author: Marcel Mauss
Review:'The Gift is quite undeniably the masterwork of Marcel Mauss, his most justly famous writing, and the work whose influence has been the deepest.' - Claude Levi-Strauss
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