Hau (anthropology)

Hau is a notion made popular by the French anthropologist Marcel Mauss in his 1925 book The Gift.[1] Surveying the practice of gifting, he came to the conclusion that it involved belief in a force binding the receiver and giver. The term 'Hau', used by Māori, became a paradigmatic example for such a view.[2] Writing at the turn of the century, Mauss relied on limited sources but his analysis has been expanded and refined.[3]

This article is about an anthropological concept. For the Polynesian deity, see Tāwhirimātea.

See also

References
  1. Mauss M., The gift; forms and functions of exchange in archaic societies, Translated by Ian Gunnison with an Introduction by . E. Evans-Pritchard, London: Cohen and West, 1966: Internet Archive
  2. MacCormack G., Mauss and the 'Spirit'of the Gift, Oceania, Vol. 52, No. 4, Jun., 1982 p.286 Jstor
  3. Maurice Godelier, The enigma of the gift. University of Chicago Press, 1999.


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