Gratuité
Contemporary philosophy, especially in Italy and France, has contributed to a renewal of "first philosophy" in focusing on the theme gift. The article scans a few recent texts which deal with various aspects of this "gift": its gratuitous nature (which Mauss had already studied,...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | French |
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2005
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Nouvelle revue théologique
Year: 2005, Volume: 127, Issue: 2, Pages: 251-265 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Gift
/ Philosophy
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| IxTheo Classification: | VA Philosophy |
| Summary: | Contemporary philosophy, especially in Italy and France, has contributed to a renewal of "first philosophy" in focusing on the theme gift. The article scans a few recent texts which deal with various aspects of this "gift": its gratuitous nature (which Mauss had already studied, but which takes special significance in recent phenomenology); sacrifice (the only meaning of which, in our present culture, aims at the progress of the individual); recognition (the subject of Ricoeur's latest work in 2004). The original feature of any gift lies in the excess of its origin. It implies neither self-effacement nor self-imposition on the part of the giver: always present in his own gift, the giver rouses the recognition of the recipient whom he, the giver, has in the first place recognised and already respected. |
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| ISSN: | 0029-4845 |
| Contains: | In: Nouvelle revue théologique
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