Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2003-2004
ANTH 379 - GIFTS AND CONTRACTS
Long Title:
Department: Anthropology
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Description: GIFTS AND CONTRACTS
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This course uses philosophical, literary, and economic approaches to examine the role that gifts and contracts play in everyday life and in constructing society and culture. Authors discussed include: Derrida, Marx, Mauss, David Lewis, Schelling, Von Neumann and Morgenstern.