Social solidarity and the gift /
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| Author / Creator: | Komter, Aafke E. |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005. |
| Description: | xi, 234 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5570651 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I. The Gift: Meanings and Motives
- 1. The Social Meaning of Things
- Things and Social Relationships
- Four Different Types of Social Relationship
- The Four Basic Meanings of Gifts
- Conflicting Social Lives of Things
- Things: Markers as Well as Marks of Relationship
- 2. Patterns of Giving and Receiving
- The Gift: Empirical Research
- Psychological Functions of Giving
- Motives to Give
- Positive Feeling
- Insecurity
- Power and Prestige
- Reciprocity, Equality
- Self-Interest
- Hostility, Hate, Contempt
- Fiske's Four Models and the Motives to Give
- Offensive and Embarrassing Gifts
- The Debt Balance: Source of Relational Risks
- 3. The Anatomy of Gratitude
- The Spirit of the Gift
- The Recipient of the Gift
- Gratitude, Reciprocity, and Culture
- Gratitude: The Moral Memory of Mankind
- Gratitude, Power, Dependence
- Gratitude Dissected
- 4. Women, Gifts, and Power
- Empirical Research on Women's Gift Giving
- Presents and Money Gifts
- Hospitality
- Care and Help
- Blood and Organs
- Four Models to Interpret Women's Gift Giving
- Asymmetrical Reciprocity in Favor of Men
- Equivalent Reciprocity
- Asymmetrical Reciprocity in Favor of Women
- Alternating Asymmetry
- The Paradox of Female Gift Giving
- Part II. Solidarity and Selectivity
- 5. Social Theory and Social Ties
- Classical Theory: Unity of Generosity and Self-Interest
- Affective and Instrumental Bases of Solidarity
- Reciprocity and Morality as Bases of Social Ties
- Modern Theory: Splitting Up Affection and Utility
- Solidarity and Rational Choice Theory
- Norms, Values, and Emotions as Bases of Solidarity
- Combining Anthropological and Sociological Theory
- Reciprocal Obligation
- Motives
- Ritual
- 6. Solidarity, Gifts, and Exclusion
- Positive Manifestations of Solidarity
- Giving Money
- Giving Time
- Giving Care
- Negative Aspects and Consequences of Solidarity
- The Two-Edged Sword of Solidarity
- The Matthew Effect of Gift Giving
- Philanthropic Particularism
- Inherent Failures of Solidarity
- 7. Family Solidarity
- The Relationship between Generations
- Family Solidarity: Empirical Research
- Dimensions of Family Solidarity
- The Nature of Family Ties
- Intergenerational Solidarity: Values and Beliefs
- Caring for Family
- The Troubled Side of Family Solidarity
- Macro- and Microsolidarity
- Family Solidarity: Solid but Ambivalent
- Part III. Contemporary Solidarity
- 8. Changing Solidarity
- Changing Society, Changing Individuals
- Individualization and Social Ties
- The Assertive Self
- Diversification and Uncertainty amid Strangers
- Globalization and the New Society
- Changes in Contemporary Solidarity
- Traditional Solidarity
- Local and Global Solidarity
- Civil Solidarity
- Transformed Solidarity
- 9. Solidarity and the Gift
- The Gift: Meanings and Motives
- Solidarity and Selectivity
- Contemporary Solidarity
- Solidarity and the Gift
- Recognition of the Other
- Social Distance
- Motives for Solidarity
- Reciprocity: Gift and Sacrifice
- Toward a Theoretical Model of Solidarity
- From Organic to Segmented Solidarity
- References
