exchange

One of the spe­cific nar­ra­tive meth­ods of estab­lish­ing com­mu­nity, of cre­at­ing and main­tain­ing shared world-views, is gift exchange. In con­trast to the exchange of com­modi­ties, the exchange of gifts estab­lishes endur­ing con­nec­tions between peo­ple. It is the car­di­nal dif­fer­ence between gift and com­mod­ity exchange that a gift estab­lishes a feeling-bond between two peo­ple, while the sale of […]