The Philosophers' Gift : : Reexamining Reciprocity / / Marcel Hénaff.

Winner, French Voices Award for excellence in publication and translation.When it comes to giving, philosophers love to be the most generous. For them, every form of reciprocity is tainted by commercial exchange. In recent decades, such thinkers as Derrida, Levinas, Henry, Marion, Ricoeur, Lefort, a...

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Translator's Preface
  • Preliminary Directions
  • Chapter 1. Derrida: The Gift, the Impossible, and the Exclusion of Reciprocity
  • Chapter 2. Propositions I: The Ceremonial Gift- Alliance and Recognition
  • Chapter 3. Levinas: Beyond Reciprocity- For-the-Other and the Costly Gift
  • Chapter 4. Propositions II: Approaches to Reciprocity
  • Chapter 5. Marion: Gift without Exchange- Toward Pure Givenness
  • Chapter 6. Ricoeur: Reciprocity and Mutuality- From the Golden Rule to Agape
  • Chapter 7. Philosophy and Anthropology: With Lefort and Descombes
  • Chapter 8. Propositions III: The Dual Relationship and the Third Party
  • Postliminary Directions
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index