ISBN:
9783825363314
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (438 Seiten)
Serie:
Akademiekonferenzen Band 17
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als Gift giving and the 'embedded' economy in the ancient world
DDC:
338.91
Schlagwort(e):
Gifts -- Economic aspects
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Konferenzschrift
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Electronic books
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Konferenzschrift
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Griechenland
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Römisches Reich
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Antike
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Geschenk
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Wirtschaft
Kurzfassung:
The idea of a 'gift economy' has a long tradition in social, economic and cultural studies, since Marcel Mauss' seminal work. But in the latest years, anthropological, philosophical and economic research have underlined that nothing such as a 'gift economy' exists - at least if conceived as a phase preceding modern exchange - and that the 'phenomenon gift' must be understood not only in the different social and cultural contexts in which it is embedded, but also in its coexistence and connections to other forms of exchange, from commerce, to barter, to theft. This book analyzes from a multipli
Anmerkung:
Introduction: "... constituted the topic underlying the organization of a conference which was held in Heidelberg at the local Akademie der Wissenschaften in February 2012. This volume consists almost entirely of the proceedings of that meeting."
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