Introduction -- Fashioning Ancient Dress -- Clothing as a Literary Device -- The Value of Clothing in Gift-giving Practice -- Research Questions and Methodology -- Chapter Outline -- 1. Threads of History : Clothing Gifts in Greek and Roman Society Before Late Antiquity -- The H…
"Both clothing and gifts in the ancient world have separately been the subject of much scholarly discussion because they were an integral part of Greek and Roman society and identity, creating and reinforcing the relationships which kept a community together, as well as delineat…
"Both clothing and gifts in the ancient world have separately been the subject of much scholarly discussion because they were an integral part of Greek and Roman society and identity, creating and reinforcing the relationships which kept a community together, as well as delineat…
Focusing on exchange and its underlying ethics, this book explores the concept of the person in the Dobu world view. It examines major aspects of exchange such as labour, mutual support, apologetic gifts, revenge and punishment, kula exchange, and mortuary gifts. It discusses in…
Es gibt keine Gesellschaft ohne Gaben. Nicht Marktprinzipien organisieren soziale Beziehungen, sondern Geben, Nehmen und Erwidern als dreifache Verpflichtung. Im Anschluss an Marcel Mauss legt Alain Caillé einen umfassenden Neuentwurf der Sozialtheorie der Gabe vor. Dazu synthet…
Reziprozität heisst so viel wie Gegenseitigkeit. Die Gabe - das Geben, Nehmen und Erwidern - ist ein zentrales Prinzip vormoderner Gesellschaften. Mit dem Übergang zur modernen Gesellschaft verbinden viele die Auflösung dieses Systems zugunsten einer strikten Marktlogik einersei…
"This book is an ethnography of a Melanesian island, an exploration of ranked exchange and a critique of anthropologoical exchange theory. John Liep unravels the complex society and exchange system on Rossl Island east of New Guinea."--Jacket.
Moore shows how the problematic of the gift drives and illuminates the last century of French philosophy. By tracing the creation of the gift as a concept, he shows its importance for a poststructuralist understanding of the relation between philosophy and politics.
