From GiftEconomy
The gift economy spans traditional disciplines, so most of these thinkers are actually inter-disciplinary.
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[edit] Politics
| Peter Kropotkin
| Russian anarchist, published Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution, challenging Social Darwinism.
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[edit] Sociology
| Terry Leahy
| Anarchist Sociologist
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| Marcel Mauss
| French sociologist, published Essai sur le don. Forme et raison de l’échange dans les sociétés archaïques, a starting point for much of the study of gift economy over the past 80 years.
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| Genevieve Vaughan
| Feminist Gift Economy researcher, author and organiser of Gift Economy conferences.
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[edit] Interdisciplinary
| Yochai Benkler
| Law professor who has written about the economics, psychology, sociology & technology of internet-based networks of sharing an peer-production.
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| Anitra Nelson
| Ecological sustainability researcher, with a vision for money-free, local communities
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| Charles Eisenstein
| Altruist philosopher whose magnum opus questions the discrete and separate self.
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| Alpha Lo
| Author, group facilitator and Gift Circle pioneer.
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| Lewis Hyde
| Professor of creative writing whose book The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property, on reciprocity and gift giving as relationship building has been an inspiration to many.
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