CAS AN 101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Marcel Mauss, Exogamy
27 Mar 2014
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Advanced is not necessarily the best economic way capitalism is not the natural way capitalism = people acting for own self interest, not social being economic anthropology resources are the same around the world, but way we use them are different embedded in total culture embedded questions (context of culture, globalization) depends on culturally defined wants and needs economic sphere isn"t separate from social, political spheres (complex whole) trying to find system of logic that is manifested differently in different societies through different examples (cid:224) comparative analysis no free gifts! To give is to lay aside the spear cannot give back immediately; need time to pass for mauss: not just economic social spheres not debt b/c wouldn"t be a gift difference btw. gift and commodity commodity = exchange, no time lapse commodity becomes wholly yours when you pay for it no sense of obligation in trade.
