Sociology of Giving

Helmuth Berking (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

176 Seiten

1999
SAGE Publications Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7619-5649-5 (ISBN)

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An anthropological study of the gift, that relates giving to the institutions and social structures of modern life

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.

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.

Helmuth Berking is Assistant Professor in Sociology at the Free University, Berlin.

PART ONE: THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF GIFT-GIVING
Motives
Occasions
Emotional Norms
PART TWO: TOWARDS AN ANTHROPOLOGY OF GIVING
The Gift
The Sacrifice
Distribution of the Sacrifice
Attributions
PART THREE: TRANSITIONS
Ideal Constructions
Beyond Necessity
PART FOUR: MORALITY AND SOCIETY
Individualization and the Common Welfare
The Solidarity of Individualism

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.3.1999
Reihe/Serie	Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society
Verlagsort	Thousand Oaks
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	310 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-7619-5649-2 / 0761956492
ISBN-13	978-0-7619-5649-5 / 9780761956495
Zustand	Neuware