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Gift Giving and the ‘Embedded’ Economy in the Ancient World
Herausgeber: Carlà, Filippo | Gori, Maja
Akademiekonferenzen, Bd. 17
2014
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Abstract
The idea of a ‘gift economy’ has a long tradition in social, economic and cultural studies, since Marcel Mauss’ seminal work. But in the latest years, anthropological, philosophical and economic research have underlined that nothing such as a ‘gift economy’ exists – at least if conceived as a phase preceding modern exchange – and that the ‘phenomenon gift’ must be understood not only in the different social and cultural contexts in which it is embedded, but also in its coexistence and connections to other forms of exchange, from commerce, to barter, to theft. This book analyzes from a multiplicity of perspectives, and focusing in particular the ancient world, the depth and Complexity of such connections, the social norms and expectations connected to gift-giving, its economic aspects, as its role in the construction and consolidation of social hierarchies, dedicating attention not only to the praxis of exchange, but also to the role of the agents and of the exchanged object itself.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
| Zwischenüberschrift | Seite | Aktion | Preis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Table of Contents | 5 | ||
| Filippo Carlà and Maja Gori: Introduction | 7 | ||
| Section 1. “Gift Giving”, “Gift Exchange”, “Gift Economy” | 49 | ||
| Beate Wagner Hasel: Karl Bücher and the Birth of the Theory of Gift-Giving | 51 | ||
| Marcel HénaffIs: There Such a Thing as a Gift Economy? | 71 | ||
| David Reinstein: The Economics of the Gift | 85 | ||
| Lucio Bertelli: The Ratio of Gift-Giving in Homeric Poems | 103 | ||
| Koenraad Verboven:‘Like bait on a hook’. Ethics, Etics and Emics of Gift-Exchange in theRoman World | 135 | ||
| Section 2. Gift and Society | 155 | ||
| Lucia Cecchet: Giving to the Poor in Ancient Greece: A Form of Social Aid? | 157 | ||
| Sabien Colpaert: Euergetism and the gift | 181 | ||
| Lellia Cracco Ruggini:From Pagan to Christian Euergetism | 203 | ||
| Andreas M. Fleckner:The Peculium: a legal device for donations to personae alieno iurisubiectae? | 213 | ||
| Marta García Morcillo: Limiting Generosity: Conditions and Restrictions on Roman Donations | 241 | ||
| Section 3. Gift and Religion | 267 | ||
| Maja Gori:Metal Hoards as Ritual Gift: Circulation, Collection and Alienation of BronzeArtefacts in Late Bronze Age Europe | 269 | ||
| Irene Berti:Value for Money: Pleasing the Gods and Impressing Mortals in the Archaic andEarly Classical Age | 289 | ||
| Michael L. Satlow:Markets and Tithes in Roman Palestine | 315 | ||
| Luigi Canetti: Christian Gift and Gift Exchange from Late Antiquity to the EarlyMiddle Ages | 337 | ||
| Section 4. The Object Gift | 353 | ||
| Luca Peyronel:Between Archaic Market and Gift Exchange: the Role of Silver in the EmbeddedEconomies of the Ancient Near East During the Bronze Age | 355 | ||
| Thomas Blank:Philosophy as Leitourgia. Sophists, Fees, and the Civic Role of paideia | 377 | ||
| Filippo Carlà: Exchange and the Saints: Gift-Giving and the Commerce of Relics | 403 |
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