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The Gift (Mauss, 1950, 1990)

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Marcel Mauss

JLJ - The Wikipedia entry on Bourdieu says that his concept of habitus was inspired by Mauss.

The Gift is an endless mental ramble on the curious social "gift" - what malfunction of the human mind leads it (in some cultures) to endlessly empty wealth into the hands of others, for no apparent reason?

p.39 the three themes of the gift, the obligation to give, the obligation to receive and reciprocate