03821nam 2200637Ia 450 991081491200332120240912171346.00-7735-6732-110.1515/9780773567320(CKB)1000000000714129(EBL)3245497(SSID)ssj0000285734(PQKBManifestationID)11227941(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000285734(PQKBWorkID)10297034(PQKB)11373955(CaPaEBR)400633(Au-PeEL)EBL3331149(CaPaEBR)ebr10141821(OCoLC)929121372(DE-B1597)656399(DE-B1597)9780773567320(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/vn1xgd(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400633(MiAaPQ)EBC3331149(MiAaPQ)EBC3245497(EXLCZ)99100000000071412919980630d1998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe world of the gift /Jacques T. Godbout ; in collaboration with Alain Caillé ; translated from the French by Donald WinklerMontreal :McGill-Queen's University Press,1998.©19981 online resource (viii, 250 pages)Translation of: L'esprit du don.0-7735-1751-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-245) and index.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 Gift11 Gift, Market, Disinterestedness 12 Sketch for a Model of the Gift Relationship; 13 Conclusion: Behind Exchanges, the GiftThe anthropologist Marcel Mauss, in his famous exploration of the gift in "primitive" and archaic societies, showed that the essential aspect of the exchange of presents involved the establishment of a social tie that bound the parties together above and beyond any material value of the objects exchanged. He argued that these intangible mutual "debts" constituted the social fabric. Godbout and Caillé show that, contrary to the modern assumption that societies function on the basis of market exchange and the pursuit of self-interest, the gift still constitutes the foundation of our social fabric. The authors describe the gift not as an object but as a social connection, perhaps the most important social connection because it creates a sense of obligation to respond in kind. They examine the gift in a broad range of cases such as blood and organ donation; volunteer work; the bonds between friends, couples, and family; Santa Claus; the interaction between performers and their audience; and the relation of the artist to society. Written in an engaging manner, The World of the Gift will appeal to anyone who is interested in how the world really operates.GiftsSocial aspectsGiftsSocial aspects.306.4Godbout Jacques1939-1617396Caillé Alain1944-375707Winkler Donald1617397MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814912003321The world of the gift3948551UNINA