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.
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Sociology of Giving
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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.
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Publisher
SAGE Publications LtdYear
1999Print ISBN
9780761956495
9780761956488
Edition
1eBook ISBN
9780857026132
Table of contents
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Part I - The Phenomenology of Gift-Giving
- 1 - Motives
- 2 - Occasions
- 3 - Emotional Norms
- Part II - Towards an Anthropology of Giving
- 4 - The Gift
- 5 - The Sacrifice
- 6 - Distribution of the Sacrifice
- 7 - Attributions
- Part III - Transitions
- 8 - Ideal Constructions
- 9 - Beyond Necessity
- Part IV - Morality and Society
- 10 - Individualization and the Common Welfare
- 11 - The Solidarity of Individualism
- Bibliography
- Index
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