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

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

Steinbock, Anthony J.

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Philosophy

ISBN10: 178660826X
ISBN13: 9781786608260
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: Jul 27 2018
Pages: 156
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.40
Language: English

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.

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