1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454542303321

Autore

Godbout Jacques <1939->

Titolo

The world of the gift [[electronic resource] /] / Jacques T. Godbout ; in collaboration with Alain CailleĢ ; translated from the French by Donald Winkler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1998

ISBN

0-7735-6732-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CailleĢAlain <1944->

WinklerDonald

Disciplina

306.4

Soggetti

Gifts

Exchange

Gifts - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation of: L'esprit du don.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-245) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Does the Gift Still Exist?; PART ONE: THE SITES OF THE GIFT; PART TWO: FROM THE ARCHAIC TO THE MODERN GIFT; PART THREE: THE STRANGE LOOP OF THE GIFT; Notes; Bibliography; Index; 1 Three Forms of Social Bonding; 2 Interpersonal Ties; 3 When the State Supplants the Gift; 4 The Gift between Strangers; 5 The Gift and Merchandise; 6 The Gift in Liberal Society; 7 The Archaic Gift: Some Lessons in Ethnology; 8 Classic Interpretations of the Archaic Gift; 9 The Archaic Gift and the Modern Gift; 10 The Passage to the Modern Gift

11 Gift, Market, Disinterestedness12 Sketch for a Model of the Gift Relationship; 13 Conclusion: Behind Exchanges, the Gift; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z