Logic of the Gift

The theme of the gift can be located at the center of current discussions of deconstruction gender and feminist theory ethics philosophy anthropology and economics: it is simply one of the primary focal points at which contemporary interdisciplinary discourses intersect. Into this context comes a new indispensable volume. The Logic of the Gift offers several important essays on gifts and gift-giving that are often referred to but seldom read and adds to them new essays written especially for this collection.