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ON WHAT THE PIECE OF YOU IN A GIFT DOES TO THE RECEIVER
Emerson

ON WHAT THE PIECE OF YOU IN A GIFT DOES TO THE RECEIVER

The idea that gifts contain a piece of the giver is often invoked from the Maussian interpretation of the Maori ‘Hau’. But the idea seems to have already existed in the West. Emerson invokes it in his famous essay “Gifts” [http://www.bartleby.com/90/0305.html] published in 1844:
May 23, 2017 4 min read
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