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Gift and economy : ethics, hospitality and the market /
Is it possible to really give a gift? This may, at first glance, seem like a peripheral question for philosophy, which normally directs its attention to seemingly bigger questions. The dynamics of the gift move into philosophy from anthropology and sociology, but Jacques Derrida insists that this qu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, UK :
Cambridge Scholars Pub.,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Is it possible to really give a gift? This may, at first glance, seem like a peripheral question for philosophy, which normally directs its attention to seemingly bigger questions. The dynamics of the gift move into philosophy from anthropology and sociology, but Jacques Derrida insists that this question belongs at the heart of philosophy. This volume takes up Derrida's challenge to invest in the question of a gift, and the relationship between gift and economy. The powerful and corruptive f ... |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vi, 216 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1443834254 9781443834254 1283436175 9781283436175 9786613436177 6613436178 |