TY - BOOK ID - 46287665 TI - Gift exchange : the transnational history of a political idea PY - 2019 SN - 1108570496 1108489699 1108661505 1108620604 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Gifts KW - Diplomatic gifts. KW - Diplomacy KW - Diplomatic and consular service KW - Donations KW - Presents KW - Generosity KW - Manners and customs KW - Free material KW - Political aspects. KW - Mauss, Marcel, KW - Chartered Companies KW - Gift Exchange KW - Global Governance KW - Decolonization KW - International Law UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:46287665 AB - Since Marcel Mauss published his foundational essay The Gift in 1925, many anthropologists and specialists of international relations have seen in the exchange of gifts, debts, loans, concessions or reparations the sources of international solidarity and international law. Still, Mauss's reflections were deeply tied to the context of interwar Europe and the French colonial expansion. Their normative dimension has been profoundly questioned after the age of decolonization. A century after Mauss, we may ask: what is the relevance of his ideas on gift exchanges and international solidarity? By tracing how Mauss's theoretical and normative ideas inspired prominent thinkers and government officials in France and Algeria, from Pierre Bourdieu to Mohammed Bedjaoui, Grégoire Mallard adds a building block to our comprehension of the role that anthropology, international law, and economics have played in shaping international economic governance from the age of European colonization to the latest European debt crisis. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core. ER -