Gift
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7077263 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R Tzanelli (0000-0002-5765-9856, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 1-2 |
| Publication date | 2017-09-14 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosg042.pub2 |
| OpenAlex | W4233847791 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
The concept of the gift and the act through which it enters social life (giving) have been central to conceptualizations of public and private human relations at least since Marcel Mauss's publication of Essai sur le don ( The Gift ) in 1925. Both the gift and giving relations enriched interdisciplinary inquiry, highlighting weaknesses and synthesizing the strengths of economics, sociology, philosophy, literary criticism, and general theory. Mauss's identification of gift exchange as a Durkheimian “total phenomenon” that addresses obligation and responsibility in societies through practices and rituals of offering or receiving, inspired the work of renowned sociologists
Criticism · Epistemology · Identification (biology · Obligation · Phenomenon · Political science · Social exchange theory · Social science · Sociology · Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues · Emile Durkheim and Sociology · Law · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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