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The Economics of Friendship : Conceptions of Reciprocity in Classical Greece.

In The Economics of Friendship, Tazuko Angela van Berkel offers an account of the notion of reciprocity in 5th- and 4th-century Greek incepting social theory. The preoccupation with the norms of philia and charis, conspicuous in sources from the Classical Period, is a symptom of changes in the shape...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Van Berkel, Tazuko
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : BRILL, 2019.
Colección:Mnemosyne, Supplements Ser.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In The Economics of Friendship, Tazuko Angela van Berkel offers an account of the notion of reciprocity in 5th- and 4th-century Greek incepting social theory. The preoccupation with the norms of philia and charis, conspicuous in sources from the Classical Period, is a symptom of changes in the shape of ancient economic activities: the ubiquitous norm that one should reciprocate benefit with benefit becomes a source of conceptual confusion in the Classical Period, where other forms of exchange become conceptually available. This confusion and tension between different models of mutuality, is productive: it is the impetus for folk theory in comedy, tragedy and oratory, as well as philosophical reflection (Xenophon, Plato, Aristotle) on what it is that binds people together.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (547 pages)
ISBN:9789004416147
9004416145