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The Gift Economy - Couverture rigide

Cheal, David

 
9781138928282: The Gift Economy
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1138928283 ISBN 13 : 9781138928282
Editeur : Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

Until recently we have known more about gift giving practices in pre-industrial societies than about those of industrial western society. In this book, first published in 1988, David Cheal shows that the process of present giving and receiving is a vital element in contemporary social life, relevant to some of the most important theoretical traditions in sociology, particularly those of Durkheim and Weber, and to the social constructionism of Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann. This volume is the result of a major study of gift rituals carried out by David Cheal and his associates in which general themes are richly illustrated with details from individual case histories gathered during the research. It is highly significant that in western society women are more active gift givers than men and, while their voices explain how emotions and interests are interrelated within the gift economy, the author shows how that in turn is related to current theories about family, gender and religion.

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Cheal, David

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1138928283
ISBN 13 
9781138928282
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
242
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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