The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies (Routledge Classics) - Hardcover

Mauss, Marcel

 
9780415267489: The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies (Routledge Classics)

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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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Marcel Mauss (1872 - 1950) As well as being a sociologist and anthropologist, Mauss was also a revolutionary socialist. Today his name is associated with the leading intellectual movement in France, MAUSS.

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ISBN 10:  0415267498 ISBN 13:  9780415267496
Verlag: Routledge, 2001
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