The question of the gift : essays across disciplines /
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| Imprint: | London ; New York : Routledge, 2002. |
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| Description: | ix, 310 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Routledge studies in anthropology ; 2 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4755982 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Mark Osteen Questions of the Gift
- Part I. Redefining Reciprocity
- 1. Free Gift Makes No Friends
- 2. Unbalanced Reciprocity: Asymmetrical Gift-Giving and Social Hierarchy in Rural China
- 3. Unpacking the Gift: Illiquid Goods and Empathetic Dialogue
- Part II. Kinship, Generosity and Gratitude: Ethical Foundations
- 4. The Patriarchal Narratives of Genesis and the Ethos of Gift Exchange
- 5. The Ethics of Generosity and Friendship: Aristotle's Gift to Nietzsche?
- 6. Min Adam Smith and the Debt of Gratitude
- Part III. The Gift and Artistic Commerce
- 7. Catullus and the Gift of Sentiment in Republican Rome
- 8. The Art of Squandering
- 9. Conrad's Guilt-Edged Securities: 'Karain: A Memory' via Simmel and Benjamin
- 10. Formed by Homages: H. D., Robert Duncan, and the Spirit of the Gift
- Part IV. Posing New Questions
- 11. Gift or Commodity?
- 12. The Ghost of the Gift: The Unlikelihood of Economics
- 13. Give the Ghost a Chance! A Comrade's Shadowy Addendum
- 14. The Pleasures and Pains of the Gift
