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SOC  380 Giving & Voluntarism
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Unit A Week 4

When wealth is centralized, the people are dispersed. When wealth is distributed, the people are brought together."

Confusius (551-479 B.C.)

Objectives

  • Gain knowledge of the social origins of gift exchange as a process inclusive of social, spiritual,cultural, and economic interests.
  • Understand gift giving as the economics of a pre-market economy.
  • View gift giving as a social relationship of obligation and reciprocity.

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