Law Without Lawmakers: Malinowski and the Trobriand Islanders’ Secret to Social Orde
What is “law”? Do you need a formal government, written statutes, and a police...
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Work Less, Live More: Marshall Sahlins and the Zen Economics of Hunter-Gatherers
We live in the wealthiest and most technologically advanced societies in human history, surrounded...
More Than a Transaction: Deconstructing Marcel Mauss’s ‘The Gift’
Have you ever wondered why receiving a gift creates an immediate, unspoken obligation to...
“The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies (1925)” by Marcel Mauss
In this groundbreaking 1925 essay, French sociologist Marcel Mauss explores the multifaceted nature of gift-giving...