The Gift of European Thought and the Cost of Living

by Vassos Argyrou

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785335251
• ISBN13: 9781785335259
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"