Politics of the gift: exchanges in poststructuralism
by ProQuest (Firm), Moore, Gerald
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Gerald Moore shows how the problematic of the gift drives and illuminates the last century of French philosophy. By tracing the creation of the gift as a concept, from its origins in philosophy and the social sciences, right up to the present, Moore shows its central importance …
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