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The Enigma of Gift and Sacrifice (Paperback, 1st ed): Edith Wyschogrod, Jean-Joseph Goux, Eric Boynton

The Enigma of Gift and Sacrifice (Paperback, 1st ed)

Edith Wyschogrod, Jean-Joseph Goux, Eric Boynton

Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy

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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 Marcus Capitalizing (on) Gifting by Mark C. Taylor "Even Steven" or "No Strings Attached" by Stephen Tyler Mothering, Co-muni-cation and the Gifts of Language by Genevieve Vaughan The Time of Giving, the Time of Forgiving by John D. Caputo Seneca against Derrida: Gift and Alterity by Jean-Joseph Goux Giving by Adriaan Peperzak

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Imprint: Fordham University Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy
Release date: March 2002
First published: March 2002
Editors: Edith Wyschogrod • Jean-Joseph Goux • Eric Boynton
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages: 186
Edition: 1st ed
ISBN-13: 978-0-8232-2166-0
Categories: Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General
Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General
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Barcode: 9780823221660

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