ISBN:
1912808013
,
9781912808014
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (1 volume)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Mauss, Marcel, 1872-1950 Gift
Keywords:
Ceremonial exchange
;
Gifts
;
Ceremonial exchange
;
Gifts
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Customs & Traditions
Abstract:
Chapter Three -- Survivals of These Principles in Ancient Law and Ancient EconomiesChapter Four -- Conclusion; Part III: Selected Reviews; A Selection of Reviews by Marcel Mauss; I.) Full Translations; a. Brown, A.R., The methods of ethnology and social anthropology; b. Malinowski, B., The psychology of sex and the foundation of kinship in primitive societies; c. Frazer, J.G., The golden bough and Folklore in the Old Testament; d. Parsons, E.C., American Indian life; e. Radin, P., The Winnebago tribe; f. Boas, F., Ethnology of the Kwakiutl; g. Rattray, R.S., Ashanti
Abstract:
H. Talbot, P.A., Life in Southern Nigeriai. Rivers, W.H., Medicine, magic and religion; II.) Excerpts; a. Frobenius, L., Dämonen des Sudan, Volksdichtungen aus Ober-Guinea, and Der Kopf als Schicksal; b. Horne, G. and Aiston, G., Savage life in Central Australia; c. Bennett, C.A., A philosophical study of mysticism; d. Shotwell, J.T., The religious revolution of today; e. Emmott, F.B., A short history of Quakerism; Index of Names
Abstract:
Intro; Table of Contents; Foreword -- "Puzzles and Pathways" by Bill Maurer; Translator's Introduction -- "The Gift that Keeps on Giving" by Jane I. Guyer; Part I: In Memoriam; In Memoriam: The Unpublished Work of Durkheim and His Collaborators; Part II: Essay on The Gift: The Form and Sense of Exchange in Archaic Societies; Introduction -- Of the Gift and in Particular of the Obligation to Return Presents; Chapter One -- The Gifts Exchanged and the Obligation to Return Them (Polynesia); Chapter Two -- The Extent of This System: Liberality, Honor, Money
Note:
Translated from the French
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