ANTC20H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Total Institution
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*you accum. in order to redist. (them vs. us) Kula is a complex trade syst. akin to that carried out by great civilizations like. Euro. /india/china; trade doesn"t just happen b/w individ"s - it"s b/w individ"s loyal to the chief/ rep"s of community *persons are corporate entities. *main point: never have a gift w/ nothing in return; there is never something given for nothing. *the closer you get the less specific the expectations; the farther you get, the more there is an expectation of balance part of that balance can be a massive redistrib. of goods. (grp #5 correction) diff. levels of recip. are interrelated in having cert. funct"s - high rank achieved through redistrib. *balance is unstable and has to be achieved; stasis doesn"t just come from nowhere. Analogies: names on buildings for donations - no free/pure gift; bill and linda gates are providing stuff for health but with specific agendas: econ. /prestige market
