It's Not About the Gift : From Givenness to Loving

Anthony J. Steinbock

ISBN 10: 1786608251 / ISBN 13: 9781786608253

Editore: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2018

Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 156 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher. Codice articolo 31243161/2

Riassunto:

In his fascinating new book, leading phenomenologist Anthony Steinbock intervenes in contemporary debate around the idea of the gift through a set of critical readings in which he situates the gift in the context of interpersonal relations.

While taking up the key figures in the discussion (Heidegger, Derrida, Marion, Henry, Maimonides), Steinbock proposes the following: that these discussions of the gift are really not about the gift. He demonstrates, through critical interpretations and phenomenological analyses, how the gift only becomes meaningful in the context of interpersonal loving. The gift is not the point: “it’s not about the gift”. The gift becomes most fully what it is, following Maimonides, in participating with others toward their liberation. The point is the interpersonal relation of lover to beloved, which allows the gift to appear.

Informazioni sull?autore: Anthony J. Steinbock is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Phenomenology Research Center at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. His many publications include Moral Emotions (2014), Phenomenology and Mysticism (2007), Home and Beyond: Generative Phenomenology After Husserl (1995) and the English translation of Husserl's Analyses Concerning Passive and Active Synthesis (2001).

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Titolo: It's Not About the Gift : From Givenness to ...
Casa editrice: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Data di pubblicazione: 2018
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: Sehr gut