Reciprocidade e Hierarquia

Authors

  • Marcos Lanna Universidade Federal do Paraná. Departamento de Antropologia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/2179-0892.ra.1996.111622

Keywords:

reciprocity, hierarchy, etnography of exchange, redistribution

Abstract

This paper suggests a re-evaluation of several analysis of exchange relations. It places special emphasis on M. Sahlins interpretation of gift exchange in Stone Age Economics, focusing on the complex of exchanges around "primitive" chiefs. It aims to set the grounds for a demonstration of the possibility of a concept which would synthesize Dumont's "hierarchy" with Levi Strauss's "reciprocity". Is is implied that this "redistributive" or "hierarchical reciprocity" would be differently institutionalized in specific situations. Only historical or ethnographic descriptions which consider the political aspects of exchange relations could allow us in the future to re-think the concept of reciprocity as implying a hierarchical dimension.

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Published

1996-06-06

Issue

Vol. 39 No. 1 (1996)

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How to Cite

Lanna, M. (1996). Reciprocidade e Hierarquia. Revista De Antropologia, 39(1), 111-144. https://doi.org/10.11606/2179-0892.ra.1996.111622