Benefaction and benevolence: The concept of the pure gift and realization of the community in Greece. An anthropological approach

The study examines diachronically the phenomenon of benefaction and benevolence in Greece, and endeavors to interpret this through prevailing theories on gift and specifically of the competitive and the pure gift, as these have been formulated by distinguished sociologists, anthropologists and philo...

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Main Author: Alexakis Eleftherios
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Ethnography, SASA, Belgrade 2006-01-01
Series:Glasnik Etnografskog Instituta SANU
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Online Access:http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-0861/2006/0350-08610654009A.pdf