The Logic of the Gift: Toward an Ethic of GenerosityAlan D. Schrift Psychology Press, 1997 - 334 pages The theme of the gift can be located at the center of current discussions of deconstruction, gender and feminist theory, ethics, philosophy, anthropology, and economics: it is, simply, one of the primary focal points at which contemporary interdisciplinary discourses intersect. Into this context comes a new, indispensable volume. The Logic of the Gift offers several important essays on gifts and gift-giving that are often referred to but seldom read, and adds to them new essays written especially for this collection. |
Contents
Ralph Waldo Emerson | 25 |
Émile Benveniste | 33 |
Claude LéviStrauss | 45 |
Marshall Sahlins | 70 |
Rodolphe Gasché | 100 |
Jacques Derrida | 121 |
Hélène Cixous | 148 |
Luce Irigaray | 174 |
MarginaliaSome Additional Notes on the Gift | 231 |
Allan Stockl | 245 |
Robert Bernasconi | 256 |
Gary Shapiro | 274 |
Marilyn Strathern | 292 |
Notes on Contributors | 313 |
Selected Bibliography | 327 |
Selections from The Logic of Practice | 190 |
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