The Gift Paradigm: A Short Introduction to the Anti-Utilitarian Movement in the Social Sciences by Caillé, Alain

The Gift Paradigm: A Short Introduction to the Anti-Utilitarian Movement in the Social Sciences

In his classic essay The Gift, Marcel Mauss argued that gifts can never be truly free; rather,...
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The Gift Paradigm: A Short Introduction to the Anti-Utilitarian Movement in the Social Sciences by Caillé, Alain

The Gift Paradigm: A Short Introduction to the Anti-Utilitarian Movement in the Social Sciences

€21,12

The Gift Paradigm: A Short Introduction to the Anti-Utilitarian Movement in the Social Sciences

€21,12
Author: Alain Caillé
Format: Paperback
Language: English
In his classic essay The Gift, Marcel Mauss argued that gifts can never be truly free; rather, they bring about an expectation of reciprocal exchange. For over one hundred years, his ideas on economy, social relations, and exchange have inspired new modes of thought, none more so than what crystallized in the 1980s around an innovative group of French academics. In TheGift Paradigm, Alain Caill provides the first in-depth, English-language introduction to La Revue du MAUSS--or, "Anti-Utilitarian Movement in the Social Sciences," combining the work of anthropologists, sociologists, philosophers, and others. Today, the very idea of a "general social science" seems unthinkable, unless you count the pervasive sway of a utilitarian logic in orthodox economics, or the diffuse influence of neoliberalism. Here, Caill offers a distinctly different reading of economy and society, inspired by Mauss--as vital now as ever.

Author: Alain Caillé
Publisher: Prickly Paradigm Press
Published: 10/01/2020
Pages: 58
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 7.00h x 4.40w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780996635592

About the Author
Alain Caillé, the creator and director of La Revue du MAUSS, is professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Paris X-Nanterre.


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