Logic of the Gift - Toward an Ethic of Generosity

Informationen zum Autor Alan Schrift is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Grinnell College and the author of Nietzsche and the Question of Interpretation (Routledge, 1990) and Nietzsche's French Legacy (Routledge, 1995). Klappentext First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung The theme of the gift can be located at the centre of current discussions of deconstruction, gender and feminist theory, ethics, philosophy anthropology and economics. This book offers several important essays on gifts and gift-giving. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Why Gift?; One: Documents; One: Gifts; One: Gift, Gift; One: Gift and Exchange in the Indo-European Vocabulary; Two: Readings of Mauss; Two: Selections from Introduction to the Work of Marcel Mauss; Two: The Spirit of the Gift; Two: Heliocentric Exchange; Three: French Re-Appraisals; Three: The Time of the King; Three: Sorties: Out and Out: Attacks/Ways Out/Forays; Three: Women on the Market; Three: Selections from The Logic of Practice; Three: Marginalia—Some Additional Notes on the Gift; Four: Anglo-American Interventions; Four: Bataille, Gift Giving, and the Cold War; Four: What Goes Around Comes Around: Derrida and Levinas on the Economy of the Gift and the Gift of Genealogy; Four: The Metaphysics of Presents: Nietzsche's Gift, the Debt to Emerson, Heidegger's Values; Four: Partners and Consumers: Making Relations Visible

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Alan D. Schrift, SCHRIFT ALAN D
• Con la collaborazione di: Alan D Schrift (Editore), Alan D. Schrift (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 27.06.1997
• EAN: 9780415910989
• ISBN: 978-0-415-91098-9
• Pagine: 348
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Libri sul benessere, vita quotidiana > Condotta di vita, auto-realizzazione; Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; PHILOSOPHY / General, Philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy