Gift and its paradoxes, the: beyond mauss
Auteur :
Pyyhtinen, Olli
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9781409450979
Date de publication :
28 janv. 2014
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
453 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Bringing social theory and philosophy to bear on popular movies, novels, myths, and fairy tales, The Gift and its Paradoxes explores the ambiguity of the gift: it is at once both a relation and a thing, alienable and inalienable, present and poison. Challenging the nature of giving as reciprocal.