The return of the gift : European history of a global idea /

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Author / Creator:	Liebersohn, Harry.
Imprint:	New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2011.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 210 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Gifts -- Europe -- History. Ceremonial exchange. Anthropology -- Philosophy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Customs & Traditions. Anthropology -- Philosophy. Ceremonial exchange. Gifts. Europe. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11826941

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ISBN:	9780511933691 051193369X 9781107002180 1107002184
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-204) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"This book is a history of European interpretations of the gift from the mid seventeenth to the early twentieth century. Reciprocal gift exchange, pervasive in traditional European society, disappeared from the discourse of nineteenth-century social theory only to return as a major theme in twentieth-century anthropology, sociology, history, philosophy and literary studies. Modern anthropologists encountered gift exchange in Oceania and the Pacific Northwest and returned the idea to European social thought; Marcel Mauss synthesized their insights with his own readings from remote times and places in his famous 1925 essay on the gift, the starting-point for subsequent discussion. The Return of the Gift demonstrates how European intellectual history can gain fresh significance from global contexts"--Provided by publisher.
Other form:	Print version: Liebersohn, Harry. Return of the gift. New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2011 9781107002180
Standard no.:	9786612943812

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