Structural Position of the Priest in Gift-Exchange Systems
Structural Position of the Priest in Gift-Exchange Systems is a scholarly work, published in 2018 in ''Sociologičeskoe Obozrenie''. The main subjects of the publication include promotion, secularism, obligation, faith-based organization, hierarchy, biological function, position, gift, law and economics, biological competition, and sociology. The authors rely on Marshall Sahlins’ and Chris Gregory’s analyses to argue that gift giving can be de-blocked by introducing the position of the ‘excluded participant’ who takes part in the gift exchange system but is known to have no self-interest.