Politics of the gift
By: Gerald Moore
Series: Crosscurrents; Crosscurrents (Edinburgh University Press)
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Edingburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9780748642021
Subjects: Gifts; Philosophy; Poststructuralism
Description: Moore shows how the problematic of the gift drives and illuminates the last century of French philosophy. By tracing the creation of the gift as a concept, he shows its importance for a poststructuralist understanding of the relation between philosophy and politics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references ( p. 201-218) and index.