The Enigma of Gift and Sacrifice /

What does it mean to give a "gift"? In this timely collection, distinguished anthropologists-Maurice Godelier, George Marcus, Stephen Tyler-and philosophers-Mark C. Taylor, John D. Caputo, Jean-Joseph Goux and Adriaan Peperzak, explore an enigma that has disturbed contemporary philosophers...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Boynton, Eric (Editor ), Caputo, John D. (Contribuidor), Godelier, Maurice (Contribuidor), Goux, Jean-Joseph (Contribuidor, Editor ), Marcus, George E. (Contribuidor), Peperzak, Adriaan (Contribuidor), Taylor, Mark C. (Contribuidor), Tyler, Stephen A. (Contribuidor), Vaughan, Genevieve (Contribuidor), Wyschogrod, Edith (Contribuidor, Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2021]
Colección:Perspectives in Continental Philosophy
Temas:
PHILOSOPHY / Religious.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. The Economy of Sacrifice
  • 1 Some Things You Give, Some Things You Sell, but Some Things You Must keep for Yourselves: What Mauss Did Not Say about Sacred Objects
  • 2 The Gift and Globalization: A Prolegomenon to the Anthropological Study of Contemporary Finance Capital and Its Mentalities
  • 3 Capitalizing (on) Gifting
  • Part 2. Community, Gift, and Sacrifice
  • 4 "Even Steven" or "No Strings Attached"
  • 5 Mothering, Co-muni-cation, and the Gifts of Language
  • Part 3. The Gift of Philosophical Discourse
  • 6 The Time of Giving, the Time of Forgiving
  • 7 Seneca against Derrida: Gift and Alterity
  • 8. Giving
  • Contributors
  • Index

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