Escape from EvilAn exploration of the natural history of evil. |
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... gives freely of its bounty to man - this was the miracle for which to be grateful and beholden and give to the gods of nature in return . Whatever one received was already a gift , and so to keep things in balance one had to give in ...
... gives freely of its bounty to man - this was the miracle for which to be grateful and beholden and give to the gods of nature in return . Whatever one received was already a gift , and so to keep things in balance one had to give in ...
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... give and then to counter - give kept the motion going , preserved the cycle of power . This is how we are to understand the potlatch giving and oneupmanship , the de- struction of quantities of goods : the eternal flux of power in the ...
... give and then to counter - give kept the motion going , preserved the cycle of power . This is how we are to understand the potlatch giving and oneupmanship , the de- struction of quantities of goods : the eternal flux of power in the ...
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... give it a properly genteel elegance , " as Mumford would have it . It is true that primitives have often spilled blood in order simply to gloat and strut over an enemy ; but I think the motive is more elemental than merely to give to ...
... give it a properly genteel elegance , " as Mumford would have it . It is true that primitives have often spilled blood in order simply to gloat and strut over an enemy ; but I think the motive is more elemental than merely to give to ...
Contents
Ritual as Practical Technics | 6 |
Economics as Expiation | 26 |
The Origin of Inequality | 38 |
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