"Rosalyn Diprose contends that generosity is not just a human virtue, but it is an openness to others that is critical to our existence, sociality, and social formation. Her theory challenges the accepted model of generosity as a common character trait that guides a person to gi…
"Rosalyn Diprose contends that generosity is not just a human virtue, but it is an openness to others that is critical to our existence, sociality, and social formation. Her theory challenges the accepted model of generosity as a common character trait that guides a person to gi…
The theme of the gift can be located at the centre of current discussions of deconstruction, gender and feminist theory, ethics, philosophy anthropology and economics. This book offers several important essays on gifts and gift-giving.
The logic of the gift: toward an ethic of generosity
In recent years, attacks upon fundamental notions of social welfare have spurred widespread discussion concerning the nature of gifts and gift giving. What assumptions about gift giving and generosity are at work in our society? The Logic of the Gift is an interdisciplinary coll…