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THE ENIGMA OF GIFT AND SACRIFICE
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| By: |
Edith Wyschogrod (Editor), Jean-Joseph Goux (Editor), Eric Boynton (Editor) |
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Paperback |
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£27.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0823221660 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780823221660 |
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| Publisher: |
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 March, 2002 |
| Series: |
Perspectives in Continental Philosophy |
| Pages: |
186 |
| Description: |
What does it mean to give a "gift?" In this timely collection, distinguished anthropologists-Maurice Godelier, George Marcus, Stephen Tyler-and philosophers-Mark C. Taylor, John D. Caputo, Jean-Joseph Goux and Adriaan Peperzak, explore an enigma that has disturbed contemporary philosophers from Marcel Mauss to Jacques Derrida. |
| Synopsis: |
What does it mean to give a "gift"? In this timely collection, distinguished anthropologists-Maurice Godelier, George Marcus, Stephen Tyler-and philosophers-Mark C. Taylor, John D. Caputo, Jean-Joseph Goux and Adriaan Peperzak, explore an enigma that has disturbed contemporary philosophers from Marcel Mauss to Jacques Derrida.The essays included in the volume: Some Things You Give, Some Things You Sell, But Some Things You Must Keep for Yourselves: What Mauss Did Not Say about Sacred Objects by Maurice Godelie.The Gift and Globalization: A Prolegomenon to the Anthropological Study of Contemporary Finance Capital and Its Mentalities by George MarcusCapitalizing (on) Gifting by Mark C. Taylor"Even Steven" or "No Strings Attached" by Stephen TylerMothering, Co-muni-cation and the Gifts of Language by Genevieve VaughanThe Time of Giving, the Time of Forgiving by John D. CaputoSeneca against Derrida: Gift and Alterity by Jean-Joseph Goux Giving by Adriaan Peperzak |
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US |
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Fordham University Press |
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