ANTH-2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Marcel Mauss, Basic Norm
9 Nov 2017
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-system for the production, exchange and distribution, and consumption of goods and resources. Ii. types of economic exchange: reciprocity, redistribution, market exchange. Modern industrial societies , but not all pre-industrial societies have all three. Iii. reciprocity each other , to allow each other to have the same rights, etc. The type of exchange in which goods, labor, or service are distributed among group members by following reciprocal principles (do things similar for each other) , instead of through money or other political mechanisms. The giving of goods without expectation of a return of equal value at a definite future time--sharing. Reciprocal sharing ensures an equitable distribution of food among group members, which is. The giving of goods with an expectation of some sort of equivalence in which both parties will benefit. The most common form of reciprocity socially or economically. Gifts are material symbols that people use to express positive social relations.
