| It's Not about the Gift: From Givenness to Loving Contributor(s): Steinbock, Anthony J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1786608251 ISBN-13: 9781786608253 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $109.89 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Phenomenology - Philosophy | Movements - Critical Theory - Philosophy | Movements - Humanism |
| Dewey: 128.4 |
| LCCN: 2018014822 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.7" W x 8.6" (0.75 lbs) 156 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Steinbock, Anthony J.: - 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 (Northwestern University Press, 2014), Phenomenology and Mysticism (Indiana University Press, 2007), Home and Beyond: Generative Phenomenology After Husserl (Northwestern University Press, 1995) and the English translation of Husserl's Analyses Concerning Passive and Active Synthesis (Kluwer, 2001). |