initially sketching a notion of the pure gift, he later modified this and argued instead that reciprocity, in the sense of … presuppositions of modern economics came in same period from Marcel Mauss, who outlined in his essay The Gift an evolutionary process … world do we arguably have the possibility of altruism, understood as disinterested giving. After reviewing some of the more …

on altruism and the gift relationship as a way of framing donative processes. Much of this discussion, however, has … neglected to consider how altruism and body gifting is structured and promoted by organisations and institutions that make such …