ANTH 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Furtum, Melanesians, Esomeprazole
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The form and reason for exchange in archaic societies. Verb: to feed, consume, place of being satiated (boas) Mauss: a festival where goods and services of all kind are exchanged. There is a dominant idea of rivalry and competition between the tribe or tribes at the potlatch. Charity-free gift, unrequited (not returned: selfish in and of itself because it is a self-pleasing act. It may not be reciprocated, but you are getting the satisfaction of knowing you did something good out of this. So in essence, you are receiving something in this exchange of services. This book explains the lack of gratitude of the recipie(cid:374)t of a la(cid:396)ge su(cid:373) due to the (cid:272)o(cid:373)pa(cid:374)(cid:455)"s tax policy by saying that the foundation should not confuse their donations with gifts. The company gave the gift with the intention of not having to enter into the system of exchange and total services. Free gift=a misunderstanding; there should be no free gifts.
