Politics of the Gift: Towards a Convivial Society

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Politics of the Gift: Towards a Convivial Society

Authors	Frank Adloff
Publisher	Bristol University Press
Year	28/10/2022
Pages	186
Version	hardback
Readership level	Professional and scholarly
Language	English
ISBN	9781529226225
Categories	Social issues & processes, Social interaction

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Drawing on French sociologist Marcel Mauss' influential theory of 'the gift', this book shows that trust is the only glue that holds societies together, and people are giving beings and they who can cooperate for the benefit of all when the logic of maximizing utility personal gain in capitalism is broken.

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