Mary J. Eberhardinger

A Rhetoric and Philosophy of Gifts

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In A Rhetoric and Philosophy of Gifts, Eberhardinger discusses how gift character is one of the only qualities that individuate us as social beings on Earth. The horizon and rhetorical power of gift character offers discursive revelations about communication and the human condition.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 154
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 384g
• ISBN-13: 9781793639318
• ISBN-10: 1793639310
• Artikelnr.: 60887222

Autorenporträt

By Mary J. Eberhardinger

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 Objects as Gift
Chapter 2 Language as Gift
Chapter 3 Life and Death as Gifts
Chapter 4 The Possibility of Gift
Chapter 5 Gifts, Public Diplomacy, and Soft Power
Chapter 6 The Occasions When One Gives
Chapter 7 Towards an Anachronistic Gift
Conclusion