Sociology of Giving (Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society) - Softcover

Berking, Helmuthb

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761956492 ISBN 13: 9780761956495

Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Berking Helmuth

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Reseña del editor:

This book decodes the ambivalence of gift-giving. It examines its socio-ethical and integrative potential. Following a short recollection of contemporary gift-giving, its motives, occasions and its rules, the reader is invited to travel back in time and space examining 'sacrifice', 'food-sharing', and 'gift giving' as those basic institutions upon which symbolic orders of 'traditional' society rely. The historical invention of hospitality is considered and paves the way to an analysis of the anthropology of giving.

Berking goes on to explore the transition from traditional society to the market, self interest form. He questions the view that our societies are dominated by individualism and explores the contemporary interplay between self interest and the common good.

Biografía del autor:

Helmuth Berking is Assistant Professor in Sociology at the Free University, Berlin.

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0761956492
• ISBN 13: 9780761956495
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 180