Vassos Argyrou

The Gift of European Thought and the Cost of Living

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

European thought is often said to be a gift to the rest of the world, but what if there is no gift as such? What if there is only an economy where every giving is also a taking, and every taking is also a giving? This book extends the question of economies by making a case for an "economy of thought" and a "political economy." It argues that all thinking and doing presupposes taking, and therefore giving, as the price to pay for taking; or that there exists a "cost of living," which renders the idea of free thinking and living untenable. The argument is developed against the Enlightenment directive to think for oneself as the means of becoming autonomous and shows that this "light," given to the rest of the world as a gift, turns out to be nothing.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 148
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 375g
• ISBN-13: 9781782380177
• ISBN-10: 1782380175
• Artikelnr.: 38469155

Autorenporträt

Vassos Argyrou lectures in social anthropology at the University of Hull. He has also taught at Intercollege in Nicosia and several universities in the US, including Indiana State University, Reed College, Holy Cross College and Colgate University. Research interests include social and cultural theory, postcolonialism, ritual and myth, southern Europe

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. The Circle
Chapter 2. The Gift of European Thought
* The Postcolonial
* The Take on/of the Gift
* The Power of Giving
Chapter 3. The Economy of Thought
* The Phenomenon and the Phantom
* 'Think for yourself'
* The Socialisation of Thought
Chapter 4. Political Economy
* Re-volution
* The Hegemonic
* Identity Politics
Chapter 5. The Cost of Living
* Thinking and not Thinking
* Autonomy and Heteronomy
* The Cost of Living
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