Description
| Product ID: | 9781529226225 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Alternatives to Capitalism in the 21st Century |
| Title: | Politics of the Gift |
| Subtitle: | Towards a Convivial Society |
| Authors: | Author: Frank Adloff |
| Page Count: | 186 |
| Subjects: | Social and ethical issues, Social interaction, Social theory, Sociology: work and labour, Social and cultural anthropology, Economic systems and structures, Social theory, Sociology: work & labour, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Economic systems & structures |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Drawing on French sociologist Marcel Mauss' influential theory of 'the gift', this book shows that trust is the only glue that holds societies together, and people are giving beings and they who can cooperate for the benefit of all when the logic of maximizing utility personal gain in capitalism is broken. |
| Imprint Name: | Bristol University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Bristol University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-10-28 |
