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.
Explores the moral terrain of America, analyzing the widely held perception that the nation is in moral decline. This book looks at the question from a variety of angles, examining traditional values, secular values, religious values, family values, economic values, and others
This work explores some central tenets of modern economics. In doing so, it subjects them to trenchant examination - including the case for free trade and the inevitability of ever more grotesque income inequalities. It argues that current policies are delivering neither sustain…
This work explores some central tenets of modern economics. In doing so, it subjects them to trenchant examination - including the case for free trade and the inevitability of ever more grotesque income inequalities. It argues that current policies are delivering neither sustain…
The project of twentieth-century sociology and political science - to create predictive scientific theory - resulted in few full-scale theories that can be taken off the shelf and successfully applied to empirical puzzles. Yet focused 'theory frames' that formulate problems and …
The word "position" has long been used in the field of social psychology. Now social psychologists are creating new theories on group positioning by studying everyday language and discourse and the application of some of these ideas has revealed the necessity of paying close att…
The author's purpose is to understand the philosophical foundations of Hegel's social theory by articulating the normative standards at work in his claim that the three central social institutions of the modern era -the nuclear family, civil society, and the constitutional state…