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Gratitude : An Intellectual History

The cultural story of gifts given and received.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leithart, Peter J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Waco : Baylor University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title Page, Title Page, Copyright, Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Of Circles, Lines, and Soup Tureens; Part I: Circles; 1. Circles of Honor; 2. Benefits and Good Offices; 3. Ingrates and the Infinite Circle; 4. Patron Saints and the Poor; Part II: Disruptions; 5. Monster Ingratitude; 6. The Circle and the Line; 7. Methodological Ingratitude; Part III: Reciprocity Rediscovered, Reciprocity Suspected; 8. Primitive Circles; 9. Denken ist Danken; 10. Gifts Without Gratitude; Conclusion: A Theistic Modernity; Notes; Bibliography; Indices.