Marcel Mauss on the Pledge

“One partner is given an object, generally something of little value like a glove or a piece of money, a knife or perhaps as with the French a pin or two. This pledge is in fact imbued with the personality of the partner who gave it. And the fact that it’s in the hands of the recipient moves its donor to fill his part of the contract.”

Source: The M-N- Sound · Substack “Peppercorns Podcast”

Marcel Mauss (The Gift) on the pledge as personality-imbued object. Scholarly foundation for the Mana-in-contract-law argument.

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