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gift — by Paul Hegarty Marcel Mauss s The Gift (1966) is a central influence on Baudrillard. In this book, Mauss outlines the many ways in which exchange can be based on gift giving rather than profit extraction. His conclusion, that the residual… … The Baudrillard dictionary
Counter-experience — describes a perception of a non objective (typically spiritual) phenomenon. First coined[1] by French phenomenologist Jean Luc Marion, it has been elevated to book title status by Marion scholar Kevin Hart.[2] Contrast with Experience One may… … Wikipedia
Counter-economics — is a term originally used by Samuel Edward Konkin III and J. Neil Schulman, libertarian activists and theorists. Konkin defined it as the study and/or practice of all peaceful human action which is forbidden by the State. [citation needed] The… … Wikipedia
Row counter (hand knitting) — Clover on needle row counters from Japan, 2000 2010 A row counter for hand knitting is a tally counter for counting rows or courses worked, for counting stitch pattern repetitions, or for counting increases or decreases of the number of stitches… … Wikipedia
Organ gifting — Several authors have used the terms organ gifting and “tissue gifting” to describe processes behind organ and tissue transfers that are not captured by more traditional terms such as donation and transplantation. The concept of “gift of life” in… … Wikipedia
symbolic exchange — by Mike Gane The concept of symbolic exchange is perhaps the most central of Baudrillard s terms and yet the most allusive. At bottom it is very simply a term derived from anthropological studies of the gift and gift exchange in so called… … The Baudrillard dictionary
Inalienable Possessions — The concept of Inalienable Possessions coined from Annette Weiner’s observation regarding the many objects of the Trobriand islanders who view those objects as culturally imbued with a spiritual sense of the gift giver (Wilk 2007). Thus, when… … Wikipedia
fatal — by Andrew Wernick The notion of fatal strategies is most associated with Baudrillard s book of that title (FS). But the idea, interwoven with what he called the turn to the object , can be traced in his work from the mid 1970s onwards, a… … The Baudrillard dictionary
anagrams — by Mike Gane Although the anagram and anagrammatisation are a reference point for Baudrillard there are very few actual examples of them in his writings. As with other key concepts there is considerable latitude in their definition and there … The Baudrillard dictionary
kula ring — An exchange cycle in the Trobriand Isles documented by Bronislaw Malinowski in Argonauts of the Western Pacific(1922). Twice each year, Trobriand islanders launch their canoes and visit other islands, carrying gifts and local specialities for… … Dictionary of sociology
