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A Rhetoric and Philosophy of Gifts.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eberhardinger, Mary J., 1986- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gifts--Philosophy.
- Gifts.
- Gifts--Social aspects.
- Rhetoric.
- rhetoric (discipline).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (155 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2021.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2021]
- Summary:
- In A Rhetoric and Philosophy of Gifts, Eberhardinger discusses how gift character is one of the only qualities that individuate us as social beings on Earth. The horizon and rhetorical power of gift character offers discursive revelations about communication and the human condition.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Objects as Gift
- Language as Gift
- Life and Death as Gifts
- The Possibility of Gift
- Gifts, Public Diplomacy, and Soft Power
- The Occasions when One Gives
- Towards an Anachronistic Gift
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-66698-304-7
- 1-7936-3932-9
- OCLC:
- 1235905362
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