Benefaction and benevolence
The concept of the pure gift and realization of the community in Greece. An anthropological approach
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14712967 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eleftherios Alexakis (Academy of Athens, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Issue | 54 |
| Pages | 9-23 |
| Publication date | 2006-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Glasnik Etnografskog instituta (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0350-0861 • E-ISSN: 2334-8259 |
| Publisher | National Library of Serbia (PUBLISHER • RS) |
| DOI | 10.2298/gei0654009a |
| OpenAlex | W1989269274 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
The study examines diachronically the phenomenon of benefaction and benevolence in Greece, and endeavors to interpret this through prevailing theories on gift and specifically of the competitive and the pure gift, as these have been formulated by distinguished sociologists, anthropologists and philosophers. It is argued that this offering is intended to strengthen the concept of the community, in the wider sense, either as an ethnic-national group or as a group with man as reference point
Epistemology · Ethnic group · Phenomenon · Sociology · Anthropology · Mathematics · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Policy and Reform Studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |