Dictionary of Indo-European Concepts and SocietySince 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