Author: Berking, Helmuth.
Title: Sociology of giving.
Description: London, [etc.], Saga Publications Ltd., [1999]. x,165 pp. Orig. softcover (pictorial wrappers). 8vo. (Theory, culture & society). [ISBN: 9780761956495]. - As new.This fascinating volume looks at the ambivalence of gift-giving; contemporary gift-giving, its motives, occasions and its rules; examines `sacrifice', `food-sharing' and `gift-giving' as those basic institutions upon which symbolic orders of `traditional' society rely; and considers the historical invention of hospitality, paving the way to an analysis of the anthropology of giving. Berking explores the transition from traditional society to the market self-interest form, sketching a moral economy beyond the rationale of the market-place and a world caught in the grip of competitive possessive individualism. - - Publisher's retail price: € 76,--

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