"This book is a history of European interpretations of the gift from the mid seventeenth to the early twentieth century. Reciprocal gift exchange, pervasive in traditional European society, disappeared from the discourse of nineteenth-century social theory only to return as a ma…
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…
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…
Geschiedenis van en toelichting op de schenkingen en legaten aan de kunstcollectie van de Staat der Nederlanden. Geschiedenis van en toelichting op de schenkingen en legaten aan de kunstcollectie van de Staat der Nederlanden.
"Acts of Giving examines the issues surrounding donation - the giving of property, usually landed property - in northern 'Christian' Spain in the tenth century. The tenth century is particularly significant as the time when written texts became very plentiful, thereby allowing u…
Acts of Giving examines issues surrounding donation-the giving of property, particularly landed property-in northern Spain during the tenth century. Exploring the place of giving within a broad complex of social and economic concerns, Wendy Davies highlights the centrality of Sp…
The phenomenological origins of the concept of givenness -- Remarks on the origins of Gegebenheit in Heidegger's thought -- Substitution and solicitude: how Levinas re-reads Heidegger -- Sketch of a phenomenological concept of sacrifice.
This volume offers a reassessment of the function and importance of gifts in social life and in the constitution of social relations, using the work of Marcel Mauss in the early 20th century as a starting point.
"In an age dominated by consumerism and government agencies, many people believe that self-interest is the dominant motive in society. Gifts are seen as, at best, irrelevant frills. In The World of the Gift Jacques Godbout and Alain Caille show that, in fact, the gifts is all-pe…
"In an age dominated by consumerism and government agencies, many people believe that self-interest is the dominant motive in society. Gifts are seen as, at best, irrelevant frills. In The World of the Gift Jacques Godbout and Alain Caille show that, in fact, the gifts is all-pe…
The gift of death
by Derrida, Jacques, Wills, David,, Vert. Frans
fromReligion and postmodernism