Gift Exchange

The Transnational History of a Political Idea

Bibliographic Data

ID5772684
AuthorsGrégoire Mallard (0000-0003-4619-7251, corresponding author)
Year2019
Publication date2019-03-14
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueGift Exchange : Édition critique, traduction française princeps et commentaire (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/9781108570497
OpenAlexW4211026599
Open LibraryOL31373749M
ISBN9781108570497
LanguageEN
Citations received26
References cited108

Since Marcel Mauss published his foundational essay The Gift in 1925, many anthropologists and specialists of international relations have seen in the exchange of gifts, debts, loans, concessions or reparations the sources of international solidarity and international law. Still, Mauss's reflections were deeply tied to the context of interwar Europe and the French colonial expansion. Their normative dimension has been profoundly questioned after the age of decolonization. A century after Mauss, we may ask: what is the relevance of his ideas on gift exchanges and international solidarity? By tracing how Mauss's theoretical and normative ideas inspired prominent thinkers and government officials in France and Algeria, from Pierre Bourdieu to Mohammed Bedjaoui, Grégoire Mallard adds a building block to our comprehension of the role that anthropology, international law, and economics have played in shaping international economic governance from the age of European colonization to the latest European debt crisis. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core

Obligation · Reciprocity · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · North African History and Literature · Political and Social Issues · Law & society

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