The return of the gift European history of a global idea
Liebersohn, Harry 1951-
The return of the gift European history of a global idea Harry Liebersohn - 1. publ. - XI, 210 S. 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-204) and index
The crisis of the gift: Warren Hastings and his critics -- Liberalism, self-interest, and the gift -- The selfless 'savage': theories of primitive communism -- Anthropologists and the power of the gift: Boas, Thurnwald, Malinowski -- Marcel Mauss and the globalized gift.
"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
9781107411418 1107002184 (hbk.) £50.00 9781107002180 (hbk.) £50.00
9781107002180
2010031319
015630233 UK
Gifts--History--Europe
Ceremonial exchange
Anthropology--Philosophy
Class of Spring 2017 Ellen Maria Gorrissen Fellow Fellow Gifts Europe History Ceremonial exchange Europe History
GT3041.E85
394.094 394.4094
The return of the gift European history of a global idea Harry Liebersohn - 1. publ. - XI, 210 S. 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-204) and index
The crisis of the gift: Warren Hastings and his critics -- Liberalism, self-interest, and the gift -- The selfless 'savage': theories of primitive communism -- Anthropologists and the power of the gift: Boas, Thurnwald, Malinowski -- Marcel Mauss and the globalized gift.
"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
9781107411418 1107002184 (hbk.) £50.00 9781107002180 (hbk.) £50.00
9781107002180
2010031319
015630233 UK
Gifts--History--Europe
Ceremonial exchange
Anthropology--Philosophy
Class of Spring 2017 Ellen Maria Gorrissen Fellow Fellow Gifts Europe History Ceremonial exchange Europe History
GT3041.E85
394.094 394.4094