The form usually taken is that of the gift generously offered; but the accompanying behaviour is formal pretence and social deception, while the transaction itself is based on obligation and economic self-interest. Classical Traditions and Modern Meanings - Page 38edited by - 1996 - 532 pagesLimited preview - About this book
| Edward Andrew - Philosophy - 2006 - 297 pages
...usually taken is that of the gift generously offered; but the accompanying behavior is formal pretence and social deception, while the transaction itself is based on obligation and economic self-interest.'71 Finally and most contentiously, as John Waterbury writes, 'cronyism, however, based... | |
| Janet T. Knoedler, Robert E. Prasch, Dell P. Champlin - Business & Economics - 2007 - 262 pages
...described it: 'The form usually taken is that of the gift generously offered; but the accompanying behavior is formal pretense and social deception, while the...transaction itself is based on obligation and economic self interest' (Mauss, 1954, p. 1). His purpose for looking at this behavior is to answer what underlying... | |
| Frans B. M. de Waal - Nature - 2009 - 321 pages
...usually taken is that of the gift generously offered; but the accompanying behaviour is formal pretence and social deception, while the transaction itself...is based on obligation and economic self-interest. — Marcel Mauss, The Gift THE FRENCH SOCIOLOGIST Marcel Mauss, writing in the early twentieth century... | |
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