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The Philosophers' Gift Reexamining Reciprocity.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Fordham University Press, (c)2019.Description: 1 online resource (193 pages)Content type:
  • text
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  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780823286492
  • 9780823286485
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • BJ1533 .P455 2019
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:Subject: For philosophers, the gift fascinates because it demands disinterested generosity. Yet anthropology offers another view. Reciprocity, rather than disinterestedness, Hénaff shows, is central to ceremonial giving, alliance, and the social bond. From actual gift practices, Hénaff develops an original and profound theory of symbolism, the social, and the relationship between self and other.
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For philosophers, the gift fascinates because it demands disinterested generosity. Yet anthropology offers another view. Reciprocity, rather than disinterestedness, Hénaff shows, is central to ceremonial giving, alliance, and the social bond. From actual gift practices, Hénaff develops an original and profound theory of symbolism, the social, and the relationship between self and other.

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