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The Gift (essay)

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The Gift: Forms and Functions of Exchange in Archaic Societies (French: Essai sur le don: forme et raison de l'échange dans les sociétés archaïques) is a 1925 essay by the French sociologist Marcel Mauss that is the foundation of social theories of reciprocity and gift exchange.

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History

Mauss's original piece was entitled Essai sur le don. Forme et raison de l'échange dans les sociétés archaïques ("An essay on the gift: the form and reason of exchange in archaic societies") and was originally published in L'Année Sociologique in 1925.[1] The essay was later republished in French in 1950 and translated into English in 1954 by Ian Cunnison, in 1990 by W. D. Halls, and in 2016 by Jane I. Guyer.[2]

Argument

Mauss's essay focuses on the way that the exchange of objects between groups builds relationships between humans.

It analyzes the economic practices of archaic societies and finds that they have a common as well as a main practice centered on reciprocal exchange. In different archaic and indigenous societies, he finds evidence contrary to the presumptions of modern Western societies about the history and nature of exchange which assert that it is a relatively newer concept and practice. He shows that early exchange systems center around the obligations to give, to receive, and, most importantly, to reciprocate. They occur between groups, not only individuals, and they are a crucial part of “total phenomena” that work to build not just wealth and alliances marked by economic wants but social solidarity because “the gift” pervades all aspects of the society. Mauss calls it, therefore, a "total social fact". He uses a comparative method, drawing upon published secondary scholarship on peoples from around the world, but especially the Pacific Northwest (especially potlatch).

After examining the reciprocal gift-giving practices of each society, he finds in them common features, despite some variation. From the disparate evidence, he builds a case for a foundation to human society based on collective (vs. individual) exchange practices. In doing so, he refutes the English tradition of liberal thought, such as utilitarianism, as distortions of human exchange practices. He concludes by speculating that social welfare programs may be recovering some aspects of the morality of the gift within modern market economies.

Influence

The Gift has been very influential in anthropology,[3] where there is a large field of study devoted to reciprocity and exchange.[4] It has also influenced philosophers, artists, and political activists, including Georges Bataille, Jacques Derrida, Jean Baudrillard, and more recently the work of David Graeber and the theologians John Milbank and Jean-Luc Marion.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Fournier, Marcel (28 July 2015). Marcel Mauss: A Biography. Translated by Todd, Jane Marie. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 240. ISBN 978-0-691-16807-4.
  2. ^ Mauss, Marcel (2016). The Gift. Jane I. Guyer (Expanded ed.). Chicago. ISBN 978-0-9905050-0-6. OCLC 951155743.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Guyer, Jane I. (2016). "Translator's Introduction". The Gift (Expanded ed.). Chicago. pp. 1–25. ISBN 978-0-9905050-0-6. OCLC 951155743.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ Weiner, Annette B. (1992). Inalienable possessions : the paradox of keeping-while-giving. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 24–33. ISBN 978-0-520-91180-2. OCLC 44958210.
  5. ^ The anthropology of Christianity. Fenella Cannell. Durham: Duke University Press. 2006. ISBN 0-8223-3608-1. OCLC 65425831.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

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