Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2009-2010
ANTH 579 - GIFTS AND CONTRACTS
Long Title: GIFTS AND CONTRACTS
Department: Anthropology
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Description: 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. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 379.