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The enigma of gift and sacrifice / co-edited by Edith Wyschogrod, Jean-Joseph Goux, and Eric Boynton.
LIBRA BJ1533.G4 E55 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Perspectives in continental philosophy 1089-3938 ; no. 23.
- Perspectives in continental philosophy, 1089-3938 ; no. 23
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Generosity.
- Gifts.
- Sacrifice.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 186 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Fordham University Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- What does it mean to give a gift? In this timely collection, distinguished anthropologistsMaurice Godelier, George Marcus, Stephen Tylerand philosophersMark 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. TaylorEven 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
- Contents:
- Part 1. The Economy of Sacrifice
- 1. Some Things You Give, Some Things You Sell, but Some Things You Must Keep for Yourselves: What Mauss Did Not Say about Sacred Objects / Maurice Godelier 19
- 2. The Gift and Globalization: A Prolegomenon to the Anthropological Study of Contemporary Finance Capital and Its Mentalities / George E. Marcus 38
- 3. Capitalizing (on) Gifting / Mark C. Taylor 50
- Part 2. Community, Gift, and Sacrifice
- 4. "Even Steven," or "No Strings Attached" / Stephen A. Tyler 77
- 5. Mothering, Co-muni-cation, and the Gifts of Language / Genevieve Vaughan 91
- Part 3. The Gift of Philosophical Discourse
- 6. The Time of Giving, the Time of Forgiving / John D. Caputo 117
- 7. Seneca against Derrida: Gift and Alterity / Jean-Joseph Goux 148
- 8. Giving / Adriaan Peperzak 161.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0823221652
- 0823221660
- OCLC:
- 48014664
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