Gifts and Nations: The Obligation to Give, Receive and Repay
Wilton S. Dillon
Gifts and Nations: The Obligation to Give, Receive and Repay
Wilton S. Dillon
What can men in industrial nations learn from their primitive contemporaries, and the habits of earlier civilizations? This book by acclaimed cultural anthropologist Wilton S. Dillon suggests that modern political, religious, and scientifi c communities-and alliances-would be enhanced greatly if we understood how gift exchange and reciprocity helped to balance earlier institutions and societies.
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