Marcel Hénaff
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- May 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780823286478
- eISBN:
- 9780823288922
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fordham/9780823286478.003.0008
- Subject:
- Philosophy, General
This chapter discusses the need to problematize more precisely the possible relationships between philosophy and social anthropology from the perspective of gift exchanges. In France, few ...
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This chapter discusses the need to problematize more precisely the possible relationships between philosophy and social anthropology from the perspective of gift exchanges. In France, few philosophers have attempted this effort. Two of them seem especially interesting for this discussion because of their original relationship to Mauss's The Gift: Claude Lefort and Vincent Descombes. Their perspectives are very different. Lefort supports his reflection on the political realm and history based on the social sciences, whereas Descombes questions the validity of the concepts of those sciences, beginning with the concepts of society and social relationship. The question of the social bond is at the core of Lefort's and Descombes's inquiries. It is not enough to ask what unites a group, preserves its unity, and makes it view itself as forming a unique whole. Lefort examines whether seeking this bond entirely absorbs the energy of the members of the group and determines their choices and actions, while Descombes attempts to answer a more general question: How can an individual subject relate to another and view this relationship as being as evident and fundamental as their own existence? It is based on these kinds of questions that the exchange practices of traditional societies are chosen as providing the very model of the strong bond and the specific level that those authors seek to define.Less
This chapter discusses the need to problematize more precisely the possible relationships between philosophy and social anthropology from the perspective of gift exchanges. In France, few philosophers have attempted this effort. Two of them seem especially interesting for this discussion because of their original relationship to Mauss's The Gift: Claude Lefort and Vincent Descombes. Their perspectives are very different. Lefort supports his reflection on the political realm and history based on the social sciences, whereas Descombes questions the validity of the concepts of those sciences, beginning with the concepts of society and social relationship. The question of the social bond is at the core of Lefort's and Descombes's inquiries. It is not enough to ask what unites a group, preserves its unity, and makes it view itself as forming a unique whole. Lefort examines whether seeking this bond entirely absorbs the energy of the members of the group and determines their choices and actions, while Descombes attempts to answer a more general question: How can an individual subject relate to another and view this relationship as being as evident and fundamental as their own existence? It is based on these kinds of questions that the exchange practices of traditional societies are chosen as providing the very model of the strong bond and the specific level that those authors seek to define.
Misa Izuhara (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781847422057
- eISBN:
- 9781447301424
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847422057.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Gerontology and Ageing
With socio-economic and demographic changes taking place in contemporary societies, new patterns of family relations are forming partly due to significant family changes, value shifts, precariousness ...
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With socio-economic and demographic changes taking place in contemporary societies, new patterns of family relations are forming partly due to significant family changes, value shifts, precariousness in the labour market, and increasing mobility within and beyond national boundaries. This book explores the exchange of support between generations and examines variations in contemporary practices and rationales in different regions and societies around the world. It draws on theoretical perspectives and empirical analyses to discuss both newly emerging patterns of family reciprocity and more established ones which are affected by changing opportunities and pressures in contemporary societies. The book is split into two parts: the first reviews key theoretical and conceptual debates in this field, while the second offers new insights and an understanding of exchange practices based on case studies from different regions and different relationships.Less
With socio-economic and demographic changes taking place in contemporary societies, new patterns of family relations are forming partly due to significant family changes, value shifts, precariousness in the labour market, and increasing mobility within and beyond national boundaries. This book explores the exchange of support between generations and examines variations in contemporary practices and rationales in different regions and societies around the world. It draws on theoretical perspectives and empirical analyses to discuss both newly emerging patterns of family reciprocity and more established ones which are affected by changing opportunities and pressures in contemporary societies. The book is split into two parts: the first reviews key theoretical and conceptual debates in this field, while the second offers new insights and an understanding of exchange practices based on case studies from different regions and different relationships.
A. David Napier
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- April 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199969357
- eISBN:
- 9780199346097
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199969357.003.0011
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
Readers are asked to reflect on how trust and reciprocity can be revived in exchange relations. How can fair exchange practices emerge when assets are hidden? What are the consequences of outsourcing ...
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Readers are asked to reflect on how trust and reciprocity can be revived in exchange relations. How can fair exchange practices emerge when assets are hidden? What are the consequences of outsourcing the creation of goods on their symbolic meaning?Less
Readers are asked to reflect on how trust and reciprocity can be revived in exchange relations. How can fair exchange practices emerge when assets are hidden? What are the consequences of outsourcing the creation of goods on their symbolic meaning?
Harald Bathelt and Johannes Glückler
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- April 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199587384
- eISBN:
- 9780191806728
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199587384.003.0010
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Organization Studies
This chapter explains a relational approach to knowledge-exchange practices and applies this to the empirical context of corporate knowledge transfers, using methods of social network analysis. It ...
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This chapter explains a relational approach to knowledge-exchange practices and applies this to the empirical context of corporate knowledge transfers, using methods of social network analysis. It utilizes the results obtained from detailed empirical network research in a global technology service firm to evaluate the dimensions of global intrafirm knowledge flows and their vulnerability. In addition, it discusses the importance of the spatial perspective and the diversity of knowledge networks using the example of a corporate knowledge network. The chapter examines the impact of diverse management programmes on international knowledge exchange; discusses opportunities for technical and social approaches to knowledge management; and summarizes the study's main findings within the context of a relational conception of economic action.Less
This chapter explains a relational approach to knowledge-exchange practices and applies this to the empirical context of corporate knowledge transfers, using methods of social network analysis. It utilizes the results obtained from detailed empirical network research in a global technology service firm to evaluate the dimensions of global intrafirm knowledge flows and their vulnerability. In addition, it discusses the importance of the spatial perspective and the diversity of knowledge networks using the example of a corporate knowledge network. The chapter examines the impact of diverse management programmes on international knowledge exchange; discusses opportunities for technical and social approaches to knowledge management; and summarizes the study's main findings within the context of a relational conception of economic action.
