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Sociology of giving / Helmuth Berking ; translated by Patrick Camiller.

By:

Berking, Helmuth

Contributor(s):

Camiller, Patrick

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: German Series: Theory, culture & society (Unnumbered)Publication details: London ; Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, 1999.Description: 1 online resource (x, 165 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780857026132
0857026135
9781848609792
1848609795
9781446217832
1446217833

Uniform titles:

Schenken: Studien zur Anthropologie des Gebens. English

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sociology of giving.DDC classification:

179.9 22

LOC classification:

BJ1533.G4 B4713 1999eb

Other classification:

71.49
73.49
LC 24000

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Contents:

pt. 1. The phenomenology of gift-giving -- pt. 2. Towards an anthropology of giving -- pt. 3. Transitions -- pt. 4. Morality and society.

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Review: "Few of us consider the implicit meanings and messages that accompany the gifts that we give or receive; messages of power, ties and alliances, of rights and duties, as well as social messages conveying status." "Sociology of Giving decodes these and many other meanings by tracing present-day gift-giving to the origins of 'traditional' society. Beginning with contemporary history, Helmuth Berking explores gift-giving, its motives, occasions and rules; he then examines historical concepts such as 'sacrifice', 'food-sharing', and 'gift-giving' as those basic institutions upon which traditional societies have always relied." "Sociology of Giving provides valuable reading for students and teachers of sociology, cultural studies, and for all those interested in cultural anthropology."--Jacket.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-159) and index.

"Few of us consider the implicit meanings and messages that accompany the gifts that we give or receive; messages of power, ties and alliances, of rights and duties, as well as social messages conveying status." "Sociology of Giving decodes these and many other meanings by tracing present-day gift-giving to the origins of 'traditional' society. Beginning with contemporary history, Helmuth Berking explores gift-giving, its motives, occasions and rules; he then examines historical concepts such as 'sacrifice', 'food-sharing', and 'gift-giving' as those basic institutions upon which traditional societies have always relied." "Sociology of Giving provides valuable reading for students and teachers of sociology, cultural studies, and for all those interested in cultural anthropology."--Jacket.

Print version record.

pt. 1. The phenomenology of gift-giving -- pt. 2. Towards an anthropology of giving -- pt. 3. Transitions -- pt. 4. Morality and society.

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