Enigma of gift and sacrifice, the
Éditeur :
Fordham University Press
ISBN :
9780823221653
Date de publication :
1 mars 2002
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Format :
Cloth over boards
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.