Gift and economy : ethics, hospitality and the market /

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Imprint:	Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012.
Description:	1 online resource (vi, 216 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Gifts -- Philosophy. Gifts -- Moral and ethical aspects. Gifts -- Economic aspects. Gifts -- Social aspects. Generosity. Generosity. Gifts -- Economic aspects. Gifts -- Social aspects. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11168990

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Other authors / contributors:	Severson, Eric R., 1974-
ISBN:	1443834254 9781443834254 1283436175 9781283436175 1443833835 9781443833837 9786613436177 6613436178
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	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 ...
Other form:	Print version: 1443833835 9781443833837

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