The enigma of the gift

Maurice Godelier ; translated by Nora Scott

This work reassesses the significance of gifts in social life by focusing on sacred objects which are never exchanged despite the value they possess. It presents an analysis of the seminal work of Marcel Mauss and Claude Levi-Strauss, and drawing on his own fieldwork in Melanesia, Maurice Godelier argues that traditional theories are flawed because they consider only exchangeable gifts. By explaining gift-giving in terms of sacred objects and the power associated with them, Godelier challenges both recent and traditional theories of gift-giving.

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This work reassesses the significance of gifts in social life by focusing on sacred objects which are never exchanged despite the value they possess. It presents an analysis of the seminal work of Marcel Mauss and Claude Levi-Strauss, and drawing on his own fieldwork in Melanesia, Maurice Godelier argues that traditional theories are flawed because they consider only exchangeable gifts. By explaining gift-giving in terms of sacred objects and the power associated with them, Godelier challenges both recent and traditional theories of gift-giving.

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書名 The enigma of the gift
著作者等 Godelier, Maurice
Kinzer, Nora Scott
Scott Nora
書名別名 Enigme du don
出版元 University of Chicago Press
刊行年月 1999
版表示 2 Rev ed
ページ数 vii, 256 p.
大きさ 23 cm
ISBN 0226300455
0226300447
NCID BA41994859
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言語 英語
原文言語 フランス語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
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