Description
| Product ID: | 9780415267496 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Routledge Classics |
| Title: | The Gift |
| Subtitle: | The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies |
| Authors: | Author: Marcel Mauss, W.D. Halls |
| Page Count: | 224 |
| Subjects: | Social groups, communities and identities, Social groups, Social and cultural anthropology, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating When first published, The Gift served as nothing less than an onslaught on contemporary political theory. This edition confirms the continuing relevance of Mauss's highly original perspective. In this, his most famous work, Marcel Mauss presented to the world a book which revolutionized our understanding of some of the basic structures of society. By identifying the complex web of exchange and obligation involved in the act of giving, Mauss called into question many of our social conventions and economic systems. In a world rife with runaway consumption, The Gift continues to excite and challenge. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2001-10-11 |
