The Question of the Gift : Essays Across Disciplines (Paperback)

Introduction: Questions of the Gift  Mark Osteen  Part I: Redefining Reciprocity  1. A Free Gift Makes No Friends  James Laidlaw  2. Unbalanced Reciprocity: Asymmetrical Gift-Giving and Social Hierarchy in Rural China  Yunxiang Yan  3. Unpacking the Gift: Illiquid Goods and Empathetic Dialogue  Lee Anne Fennell  Part II: Kinship, Generosity and Gratitude: Ethical Foundations  4. The Patriarchal Narratives of Genesis and the Ethos of Gift Exchange  Charles H. Hinnant  5. The Ethics of Generosity and Friendship: Aristotle's Gift to Nietzsche?  Martha Kendral Woodruff  6. Adam Smith and the Debt of Gratitude  Eun Kyung Min  Part III: The Gift and Artistic Commerce  7. Catullus and the Gift of Sentiment in Republican Rome  Jacqui Sadashige  8. Gabriele D'Annunzio: The Art of Squandering  Nicoletta Pireddu  9. Conrad's Guilt-Edged Securities: 'Karain: A Memory' via Simmel and Benjamin  Anthony P. Fothergill  10. Formed by Homages: H. D., Robert Duncan, and the Spirit of the Gift  Stephen Collis  Part IV: Posing New Questions  11. Gift or Commodity?  Mark Osteen  12. The Ghost of the Gift: The Unlikelihood of Economics  Antonio Callari  13. Give the Ghost a Chance! A Comrade's Shadowy Addendum  Jack Amariglio  14. The Pleasures and Pains of the Gift  Andrew Cowell