Transition of social organisations driven by gift relationships

Abstract Anthropologists have observed that gifts bring goods to the recipient and honour to the donor in many human societies. The totality of such social relationships constitutes a network. Social networks characterise different types of social organisations including bands of small kin groups, t...

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Main Authors: Kenji Itao, Kunihiko Kaneko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2023-04-01
Series:Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-01688-w