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The enigma of the gift

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: 1999 Chicago Univ. Press ChicagoDescription: vii, 256 pISBN:
  • 9780226300450
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 394  G6E6
Summary: When we think of giving gifts, we think of exchanging objects that carry with them economic or symbolic value. But is every valuable thing a potentially exchangeable item, whose value can be transferred? In The Enigma of the Gift, the distinguished French anthropologist Maurice Godelier reassesses the significance of gifts in social life by focusing on sacred objects, which are never exchanged despite the value they possess.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-221) and index.

When we think of giving gifts, we think of exchanging objects that carry with them economic or symbolic value. But is every valuable thing a potentially exchangeable item, whose value can be transferred? In The Enigma of the Gift, the distinguished French anthropologist Maurice Godelier reassesses the significance of gifts in social life by focusing on sacred objects, which are never exchanged despite the value they possess.

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