num_pages: 186
description: What does it mean to give a “gift”? In this timely collection, distinguished anthropologists―Maurice Godelier, George Marcus, Stephen Tyler―and philosophers―Mark C. Taylor, John D. Caputo, Jean-Joseph Goux and Adriaan Peperzak, explore an enigma that has disturbed contemporary philosophers from Marcel Mauss to Jacques Derrida.The essays included in the Some Things You Give, Some Things You Sell, But Some Things You Must Keep for What Mauss Did Not Say about Sacred Objects by Maurice Godelie.The Gift and A Prolegomenon to the Anthropological Study of Contemporary Finance Capital and Its Mentalities by George MarcusCapitalizing (on) Gifting by Mark C. Taylor“Even Steven” or “No Strings Attached” by Stephen TylerMothering, Co-muni-cation and the Gifts of Language by Genevieve VaughanThe Time of Giving, the Time of Forgiving by John D. CaputoSeneca against Gift and Alterity by Jean-Joseph Goux Giving by Adriaan Peperzak
language: English
title: The Enigma of Gift and Sacrifice
titlecomplete: The Enigma of Gift and Sacrifice (Perspectives in Continental Philosophy)
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Fordham University Press