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The gift : the form and reason for exchange in archaic societies

Accessible classic offering a theory as to how gifts serve to create social cohesion. "We may then consider that the spirit of gift-exchange is characteristic of societies which have passed the phase of 'total prestation' (between clan and clan, family and family) but have not yet rea...

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Bibliografiske detaljer
Hovedforfatter: Mauss, Marcel
Format: Printed Book
Udgivet: London Routledge 1990
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