A free gift makes no friends
The giving of alms to Shvetambar Jain renouncers is a specific institutionalized elaboration of the idea of a free gift, an idea which all the major world religions have their own ways of instantiating, and which in north Indian languages is expressed by the word dan. This example illustrates the in...
Gespeichert in:
| Veröffentlicht in: | The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 2000-12, Vol.6 (4), p.617-634 |
|---|---|
| 1. Verfasser: | |
| Format: | Artikel |
| Sprache: | eng |
| Schlagworte: | |
| Online-Zugang: | Volltext |
| Tags: |
Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
|
| container_end_page | 634 |
|---|---|
| container_issue | 4 |
| container_start_page | 617 |
| container_title | The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute |
| container_volume | 6 |
| creator | Laidlaw, James |
| description | The giving of alms to Shvetambar Jain renouncers is a specific institutionalized elaboration of the idea of a free gift, an idea which all the major world religions have their own ways of instantiating, and which in north Indian languages is expressed by the word dan. This example illustrates the inherently paradoxical nature of the idea of a gift, and why it is a mistake to define the gift as necessarily reciprocal and non-alienated. Like the pure commodity, the pure gift is characterized by the fact that it does not create personal connections and obligations between the parties. This understanding of the gift, which is implicit in Mauss, enables us to resolve the apparent paradox in the ethnography of dan, that although it is a free gift it is often harmful to its recipients. |
| doi_str_mv | 10.1111/1467-9655.00036 |
| format | Article |
| fullrecord | <record><control><sourceid>gale_proqu</sourceid><recordid>TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_60391683</recordid><sourceformat>XML</sourceformat><sourcesystem>PC</sourcesystem><galeid>A69015497</galeid><jstor_id>2661033</jstor_id><sourcerecordid>A69015497</sourcerecordid><originalsourceid>FETCH-LOGICAL-c5356-d18fb30c53047023ff050ccb4362d6a5ae7231c0f304837b976269adc8e5cc653</originalsourceid><addsrcrecordid>eNqFkU1vEzEQhleISpTCmUsPESBO3XZsr8frY1RBWhpA4vNoOV47crrZbe2NoP--k26VSqgI-2B7_LyvxzNF8YrBMaNxwipUpUYpjwFA4JNifxd5SnshdQm6Vs-K5zmvCNGy0vvF4XQSkveTZQzDZG0vfZ50PYWi75r8otgLts3-5f16UPz48P776Vk5_zI7P53OSyeFxLJhdVgIoANUCrgIASQ4t6gE8gattF5xwRwEuq-FWmiFHLVtXO2lcyjFQfFu9L1K_fXG58GsY3a-bW3n-002CEIzrAWBr_8CV_0mdZSb4ZwzzTnUBL35F8RQVAwEYEXU0UgtbetN7EI_JOuWvvPJtn3nQ6TwFDUwqpMivHwEp9n4dXSP8Scj71Kfc_LBXKW4tunGMDDbfpltd8y2O-auX6R4e5-2zc62IdnOxfwgI1-ptiWoRuw3PXjzP1fz8ev0fHQ_HGWrPPRpJ-OIVA_x8L2YB_9nd23TpUEllDS_Ps_MJ_bt53x2wUwlbgHVzLZd</addsrcrecordid><sourcetype>Aggregation Database</sourcetype><iscdi>true</iscdi><recordtype>article</recordtype><pqid>1634103064</pqid></control><display><type>article</type><title>A free gift makes no friends</title><source>Jstor Complete Legacy</source><source>Wiley Online Library Journals Frontfile Complete</source><source>Sociological Abstracts</source><source>Periodicals Index Online</source><creator>Laidlaw, James</creator><creatorcontrib>Laidlaw, James</creatorcontrib><description>The giving of alms to Shvetambar Jain renouncers is a specific institutionalized elaboration of the idea of a free gift, an idea which all the major world religions have their own ways of instantiating, and which in north Indian languages is expressed by the word dan. This example illustrates the inherently paradoxical nature of the idea of a gift, and why it is a mistake to define the gift as necessarily reciprocal and non-alienated. Like the pure commodity, the pure gift is characterized by the fact that it does not create personal connections and obligations between the parties. This understanding of the gift, which is implicit in Mauss, enables us to resolve the apparent paradox in the ethnography of dan, that although it is a free gift it is often harmful to its recipients.</description><identifier>ISSN: 1359-0987</identifier><identifier>EISSN: 1467-9655</identifier><identifier>DOI: 10.1111/1467-9655.00036</identifier><language>eng</language><publisher>Oxford, UK and Boston, USA: Blackwell Publishers Ltd</publisher><subject>Analysis ; Anthropology ; Brahmins ; Buddhism ; Ceremonial exchange ; Charity ; Commodities ; Commodity markets ; Ethnology ; Gift Giving ; Gifts ; Hindus ; India ; Jainism ; Monasticism and religious orders ; Obligation ; Paradoxes ; Poisons ; Priests ; Reciprocity ; Social interaction ; Sources and methods ; Specific concepts</subject><ispartof>The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 2000-12, Vol.6 (4), p.617-634</ispartof><rights>Copyright 2000 Royal Anthropological Institute</rights><rights>Royal Anthropological Institute 2000</rights><rights>2001 INIST-CNRS</rights><rights>COPYRIGHT 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</rights><rights>Copyright Blackwell Publishers Dec 2000</rights><lds50>peer_reviewed</lds50><woscitedreferencessubscribed>false</woscitedreferencessubscribed><citedby>FETCH-LOGICAL-c5356-d18fb30c53047023ff050ccb4362d6a5ae7231c0f304837b976269adc8e5cc653</citedby></display><links><openurl>$$Topenurl_article</openurl><openurlfulltext>$$Topenurlfull_article</openurlfulltext><thumbnail>$$Tsyndetics_thumb_exl</thumbnail><linktopdf>$$Uhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/2661033$$EPDF$$P50$$Gjstor$$H</linktopdf><linktohtml>$$Uhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/2661033$$EHTML$$P50$$Gjstor$$H</linktohtml><link.rule.ids>314,776,780,799,1411,27848,27903,27904,33753,33754,45553,45554,57995,58228</link.rule.ids><backlink>$$Uhttp://pascal-francis.inist.fr/vibad/index.php?action=getRecordDetail&idt=1154573$$DView record in Pascal Francis$$Hfree_for_read</backlink></links><search><creatorcontrib>Laidlaw, James</creatorcontrib><title>A free gift makes no friends</title><title>The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute</title><description>The giving of alms to Shvetambar Jain renouncers is a specific institutionalized elaboration of the idea of a free gift, an idea which all the major world religions have their own ways of instantiating, and which in north Indian languages is expressed by the word dan. This example illustrates the inherently paradoxical nature of the idea of a gift, and why it is a mistake to define the gift as necessarily reciprocal and non-alienated. Like the pure commodity, the pure gift is characterized by the fact that it does not create personal connections and obligations between the parties. This understanding of the gift, which is implicit in Mauss, enables us to resolve the apparent paradox in the ethnography of dan, that although it is a free gift it is often harmful to its recipients.</description><subject>Analysis</subject><subject>Anthropology</subject><subject>Brahmins</subject><subject>Buddhism</subject><subject>Ceremonial exchange</subject><subject>Charity</subject><subject>Commodities</subject><subject>Commodity markets</subject><subject>Ethnology</subject><subject>Gift Giving</subject><subject>Gifts</subject><subject>Hindus</subject><subject>India</subject><subject>Jainism</subject><subject>Monasticism and religious orders</subject><subject>Obligation</subject><subject>Paradoxes</subject><subject>Poisons</subject><subject>Priests</subject><subject>Reciprocity</subject><subject>Social interaction</subject><subject>Sources and methods</subject><subject>Specific concepts</subject><issn>1359-0987</issn><issn>1467-9655</issn><fulltext>true</fulltext><rsrctype>article</rsrctype><creationdate>2000</creationdate><recordtype>article</recordtype><sourceid>K30</sourceid><sourceid>BHHNA</sourceid><recordid>eNqFkU1vEzEQhleISpTCmUsPESBO3XZsr8frY1RBWhpA4vNoOV47crrZbe2NoP--k26VSqgI-2B7_LyvxzNF8YrBMaNxwipUpUYpjwFA4JNifxd5SnshdQm6Vs-K5zmvCNGy0vvF4XQSkveTZQzDZG0vfZ50PYWi75r8otgLts3-5f16UPz48P776Vk5_zI7P53OSyeFxLJhdVgIoANUCrgIASQ4t6gE8gattF5xwRwEuq-FWmiFHLVtXO2lcyjFQfFu9L1K_fXG58GsY3a-bW3n-002CEIzrAWBr_8CV_0mdZSb4ZwzzTnUBL35F8RQVAwEYEXU0UgtbetN7EI_JOuWvvPJtn3nQ6TwFDUwqpMivHwEp9n4dXSP8Scj71Kfc_LBXKW4tunGMDDbfpltd8y2O-auX6R4e5-2zc62IdnOxfwgI1-ptiWoRuw3PXjzP1fz8ev0fHQ_HGWrPPRpJ-OIVA_x8L2YB_9nd23TpUEllDS_Ps_MJ_bt53x2wUwlbgHVzLZd</recordid><startdate>200012</startdate><enddate>200012</enddate><creator>Laidlaw, James</creator><general>Blackwell Publishers Ltd</general><general>Blackwell Publishers</general><general>Blackwell Publishing</general><general>John Wiley & Sons, Inc</general><general>Royal Anthropological Institute</general><general>Blackwell Publishing Ltd</general><scope>BSCLL</scope><scope>IQODW</scope><scope>AAYXX</scope><scope>CITATION</scope><scope>GHEHK</scope><scope>JILTI</scope><scope>K30</scope><scope>PAAUG</scope><scope>PAWHS</scope><scope>PAWZZ</scope><scope>PAXOH</scope><scope>PBHAV</scope><scope>PBQSW</scope><scope>PBYQZ</scope><scope>PCIWU</scope><scope>PCMID</scope><scope>PCZJX</scope><scope>PDGRG</scope><scope>PDWWI</scope><scope>PETMR</scope><scope>PFVGT</scope><scope>PGXDX</scope><scope>PIHIL</scope><scope>PISVA</scope><scope>PJCTQ</scope><scope>PJTMS</scope><scope>PLCHJ</scope><scope>PMHAD</scope><scope>PNQDJ</scope><scope>POUND</scope><scope>PPLAD</scope><scope>PQAPC</scope><scope>PQCAN</scope><scope>PQCMW</scope><scope>PQEME</scope><scope>PQHKH</scope><scope>PQMID</scope><scope>PQNCT</scope><scope>PQNET</scope><scope>PQSCT</scope><scope>PQSET</scope><scope>PSVJG</scope><scope>PVMQY</scope><scope>PZGFC</scope><scope>7U4</scope><scope>8BJ</scope><scope>BHHNA</scope><scope>DWI</scope><scope>FQK</scope><scope>JBE</scope><scope>WZK</scope></search><sort><creationdate>200012</creationdate><title>A free gift makes no friends</title><author>Laidlaw, James</author></sort><facets><frbrtype>5</frbrtype><frbrgroupid>cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c5356-d18fb30c53047023ff050ccb4362d6a5ae7231c0f304837b976269adc8e5cc653</frbrgroupid><rsrctype>articles</rsrctype><prefilter>articles</prefilter><language>eng</language><creationdate>2000</creationdate><topic>Analysis</topic><topic>Anthropology</topic><topic>Brahmins</topic><topic>Buddhism</topic><topic>Ceremonial exchange</topic><topic>Charity</topic><topic>Commodities</topic><topic>Commodity markets</topic><topic>Ethnology</topic><topic>Gift Giving</topic><topic>Gifts</topic><topic>Hindus</topic><topic>India</topic><topic>Jainism</topic><topic>Monasticism and religious orders</topic><topic>Obligation</topic><topic>Paradoxes</topic><topic>Poisons</topic><topic>Priests</topic><topic>Reciprocity</topic><topic>Social interaction</topic><topic>Sources and methods</topic><topic>Specific concepts</topic><toplevel>peer_reviewed</toplevel><toplevel>online_resources</toplevel><creatorcontrib>Laidlaw, James</creatorcontrib><collection>Istex</collection><collection>Pascal-Francis</collection><collection>CrossRef</collection><collection>Periodicals Index Online Segment 08</collection><collection>Periodicals Index Online Segment 32</collection><collection>Periodicals Index Online</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - West</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - International</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - MEA</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - Midwest</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - Northeast</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - Southeast</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - North Central</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - Southeast</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - South Central</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - UK / I</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - Canada</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - EMEALA</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - North Central</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - South Central</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - International</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - International</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - West</collection><collection>Periodicals Index Online Segments 1-50</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - APAC</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - Midwest</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - MEA</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - Canada</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - UK / I</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - EMEALA</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - APAC</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - Canada</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - West</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - EMEALA</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - Northeast</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - Midwest</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - North Central</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - Northeast</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - South Central</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - Southeast</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - UK / I</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - APAC</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - MEA</collection><collection>Sociological Abstracts (pre-2017)</collection><collection>International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)</collection><collection>Sociological Abstracts</collection><collection>Sociological Abstracts</collection><collection>International Bibliography of the Social Sciences</collection><collection>International Bibliography of the Social Sciences</collection><collection>Sociological Abstracts (Ovid)</collection><jtitle>The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute</jtitle></facets><delivery><delcategory>Remote Search Resource</delcategory><fulltext>fulltext</fulltext></delivery><addata><au>Laidlaw, James</au><format>journal</format><genre>article</genre><ristype>JOUR</ristype><atitle>A free gift makes no friends</atitle><jtitle>The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute</jtitle><date>2000-12</date><risdate>2000</risdate><volume>6</volume><issue>4</issue><spage>617</spage><epage>634</epage><pages>617-634</pages><issn>1359-0987</issn><eissn>1467-9655</eissn><abstract>The giving of alms to Shvetambar Jain renouncers is a specific institutionalized elaboration of the idea of a free gift, an idea which all the major world religions have their own ways of instantiating, and which in north Indian languages is expressed by the word dan. This example illustrates the inherently paradoxical nature of the idea of a gift, and why it is a mistake to define the gift as necessarily reciprocal and non-alienated. Like the pure commodity, the pure gift is characterized by the fact that it does not create personal connections and obligations between the parties. This understanding of the gift, which is implicit in Mauss, enables us to resolve the apparent paradox in the ethnography of dan, that although it is a free gift it is often harmful to its recipients.</abstract><cop>Oxford, UK and Boston, USA</cop><pub>Blackwell Publishers Ltd</pub><doi>10.1111/1467-9655.00036</doi><tpages>18</tpages></addata></record> |
| fulltext | fulltext |
| identifier | ISSN: 1359-0987 |
| ispartof | The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 2000-12, Vol.6 (4), p.617-634 |
| issn | 1359-0987 1467-9655 |
| language | eng |
| recordid | cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_60391683 |
| source | Jstor Complete Legacy; Wiley Online Library Journals Frontfile Complete; Sociological Abstracts; Periodicals Index Online |
| subjects | Analysis Anthropology Brahmins Buddhism Ceremonial exchange Charity Commodities Commodity markets Ethnology Gift Giving Gifts Hindus India Jainism Monasticism and religious orders Obligation Paradoxes Poisons Priests Reciprocity Social interaction Sources and methods Specific concepts |
| title | A free gift makes no friends |
| url | https://sfx.bib-bvb.de/sfx_tum?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_tim=2025-01-27T16%3A15%3A00IST&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=infofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com:primo3-Article-gale_proqu&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=A%20free%20gift%20makes%20no%20friends&rft.jtitle=The%20Journal%20of%20the%20Royal%20Anthropological%20Institute&rft.au=Laidlaw,%20James&rft.date=2000-12&rft.volume=6&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=617&rft.epage=634&rft.pages=617-634&rft.issn=1359-0987&rft.eissn=1467-9655&rft_id=info:doi/10.1111/1467-9655.00036&rft_dat=%3Cgale_proqu%3EA69015497%3C/gale_proqu%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E&disable_directlink=true&sfx.directlink=off&sfx.report_link=0&rft_id=info:oai/&rft_pqid=1634103064&rft_id=info:pmid/&rft_galeid=A69015497&rft_jstor_id=2661033&rfr_iscdi=true |