The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies by Marcel Mauss

The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies

Marcel Mauss

224 pages first pub 1925 (editions)

nonfiction essays sociology informative reflective slow-paced

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In this, his most famous work, Marcel Mauss presented to the world a book which revolutionized our understanding of some of the basic structures of society. By identifying the complex web of exchange and obligation involved in the act of giving, M...

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