Dictionary of Indo-European Concepts and Society

by Émile Benveniste and Elizabeth Palmer

Since its publication in 1969, mile Benveniste's Vocabulaire--here with a new introduction by Giorgio Agamben--has been the classic reference for tracing the institutional and conceptual genealogy of the sociocultural worlds of gifts, contracts, sacrifice, hospitality, authority, freedom, ancient economy, and kinship. A comprehensive and comparative history of words with analyses of their underlying neglected genealogies and structures of signification--and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0986132594
• ISBN13: 9780986132599
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Hau
• Length: 594 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"