The Logic of the Gift

Download or read book The Logic of the Gift written by Alan D. Schrift and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The theme of the gift can be located at the center of current discussions of deconstruction, gender and feminist theory, ethics, philosophy, anthropology, and economics: it is, simply, one of the primary focal points at which contemporary interdisciplinary discourses intersect. Into this context comes a new, indispensable volume. The Logic of the Gift offers several important essays on gifts and gift-giving that are often referred to but seldom read, and adds to them new essays written especially for this collection.