EAN: 9783825363314

GIFT GIVING AND THE EMBEDDED ECONOMY IN THE ANC...

The idea of a 'gift economy' has a long tradition in social  economic and cultural studies 
since Marcel Mauss' seminal work. But in the latest years  anthropological  philosophical and
economic research have underlined that nothing such as a 'gift economy' exists - at least if
conceived as a phase preceding modern exchange - and that the 'phenomenon gift' must be
understood not only in the different social and cultural contexts in which it is embedded  but
also in its coexistence and connections to other forms of exchange  from commerce  to barter 
to theft. This book analyzes from a multiplicity of perspectives  and focusing in particular
the ancient world  the depth and complexity of such connections  the social norms and
expectations connected to gift-giving  its economic aspects  as its role in the construction
and consolidation of social hierarchies  dedicating attention not only to the praxis of
exchange  but also to the role of the agents and of the exchanged object itself.

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