LEADER 03790nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910782626403321 005 20230912144344.0 010 $a0-7735-6732-1 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773567320 035 $a(CKB)1000000000714129 035 $a(EBL)3245497 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000285734 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11227941 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000285734 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10297034 035 $a(PQKB)11373955 035 $a(CaPaEBR)400633 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3331149 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10141821 035 $a(OCoLC)929121372 035 $a(DE-B1597)656399 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773567320 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/vn1xgd 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400633 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3331149 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000714129 100 $a19980630d1998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe world of the gift /$fJacques T. Godbout ; in collaboration with Alain Caille? ; translated from the French by Donald Winkler 210 1$aMontreal :$cMcGill-Queen's University Press,$d1998. 210 4$aŠ1998 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 250 pages) 300 $aTranslation of: L'esprit du don. 311 0 $a0-7735-1751-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [233]-245) and index. 327 $aIntro; 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 327 $a11 Gift, Market, Disinterestedness 12 Sketch for a Model of the Gift Relationship; 13 Conclusion: Behind Exchanges, the Gift 330 $aThe 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. 606 $aGifts$xSocial aspects 615 0$aGifts$xSocial aspects. 676 $a306.4 700 $aGodbout$b Jacques$f1939-$01566159 701 $aCaille?$b Alain$f1944-$0375707 701 $aWinkler$b Donald$01488854 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782626403321 996 $aThe world of the gift$93836527 997 $aUNINA