 It follows clearly from what we have seen that in this system of ideas one gives away what is in reality a part of one's nature and substance, while to receive something is to receive a part of someone's spiritual essence.  Classical Traditions and Modern Meanings - Page 50edited by - 1996 - 532 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Eugene Rochberg-Halton, Eugene Halton - Psychology - 1981 - 324 pages
...person or pertains to a person. Hence it follows that to give something is to give a part of oneself ... It follows clearly from what we have seen that in...one gives away what is in reality a part of one's nature and substance, while to receive something is to receive a part of someone's spiritual essence... | |
 | George W. Stocking - Social Science - 1989 - 297 pages
...or pertains to a person. Hence it follows that to give something is to give a part of oneself. ... It follows clearly from what we have seen that in...one gives away what is in reality a part of one's nature and substance, while to receive something is to receive a part of someone's spiritual essence.... | |
 | Marina Roseman - Social Science - 1991 - 256 pages
...or pertains to a person. Hence it follows that to give something is to give a part of oneself. ... It follows clearly from what we have seen that in...one gives away what is in reality a part of one's nature and substance, while to receive something is to receive a part of someone's spiritual essence.... | |
 | Jonathan P. Parry - Family & Relationships - 1994 - 348 pages
...separation from it afterwards is absolute. As Mauss (1966:10) perceived one gives away what is in reality part of one's own nature and substance, while to receive something is to receive a part of someone's spiritual essence. To keep the thing is dangerous ... it retains a magical and... | |
 | Carole Counihan, Penny Van Esterik - Art - 1997 - 438 pages
...each gift contains some of the self of the giver: "To give something is to give a part of oneself. ... In this system of ideas one gives away what is in reality a part of one's nature and substance, while to receive something is to receive a part of someone's spiritual essence"... | |
 | Daniel Miller - Consumers - 2001 - 504 pages
...something of the donor is passed along with it. "To give something is to give a part of oneself. ... In this system of ideas one gives away what is in...substance, while to receive something is to receive a part of someone's spiritual essence" (Mauss 1967[1925]:10). Since goods in the American garage sale... | |
 | Anthony Bartlett - Religion - 2001 - 292 pages
...wealth an individual is prepared to destroy in the face of his rival. It is clarified by his conclusion "that in this system of ideas one gives away what is in reality a part of one's nature and substance, while to receive something is to receive a part of someone's spiritual essence"... | |
 | Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 410 pages
...things is in fact a bond between persons, since the thing is a person or pertains to a person. ... It follows clearly from what we have seen that in...is to receive part of someone's spiritual essence. ' " I believe we will have a much better grasp of the nature of the Arabic panegyric ode and the gift... | |
 | Victor Buchli - Social Science - 2004 - 364 pages
...we are led to a better understanding of gift exchange and total prestation, including the potlatch. It follows clearly from what we have seen that in...one gives away what is in reality a part of one's nature and substance, while to receive something is to receive a part of someone's spiritual essence.... | |
 | Harvie Ferguson - Social Science - 2006 - 247 pages
...seeks to incorporate and assimilate the receiver into the personal or collective identity of the giver: in this system of ideas one gives away what is in reality a part of one's nature and substance, while to receive something is to receive a part of someone's spiritual essence.... | |
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