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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.

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  • Title The Return of the Gift: European History of a Global Idea
  • Author Harry Liebersohn
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press, U. S. A.
  • Publication date 2010-12-06
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781107002180 / 1107002184
  • Weight 0.97 lbs (0.44 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6.3 x 0.9 in (22.86 x 16.00 x 2.29 cm)
  • Category History - General History
  • Library of Congress subjects Anthropology - Philosophy, Ceremonial exchange
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2010031319
  • Dewey Decimal Code 394.094

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