Can exchange bring us together? Are there any physical or intangible goods that escape the logic of the marketplace? Is there a relationship between truth--the very purpose of philosophy--and money? Does truth have a price? Contrary to the Sophists, who demanded payment in retur…
The author offers an anthropological approach to the topic of the gift, focusing on its effects on social bonds and community. The central idea of this volume is that gifting and marketplace exchange are incommensurable; that the latter, which involves money and contracts, has i…
La reconnaissance aujourd'hui
by Laugier, Sandra, Caillé, Alain, Pizzorno, Alessandro, Heinich, Nathalie, Honneth, Axel, Bidet, Jacques, Flahault, François, Lazzeri, Christian, Voirol, Olivier, Blanchard, Martin, Chanial, Philippe, Dufoix, Stéphane, Ferrarese, Estelle, Hénaff, Marcel, Nadeau, Christian, Pharo, Patrick, Pulcini, Elena, Renault, Emmanuel
On voit se manifester aujourd'hui dans l'espace public des sociétés démocratiques tout un ensemble d'attentes et de demandes de reconnaissance. Elles concernent aussi bien les droits fondamentaux - les libertés civiles et politiques -, que des droits spécifiques que l'on cherche…