The Gift of Property: Having the Good - Couverture souple

Ross, Stephen David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0791448665 ISBN 13 : 9780791448663

Editeur : State University of New York Press, 2001

Synopsis

Explores the human propensity for owning and having.

This is the fifth volume in an ongoing project reexamining the philosophic tradition from the standpoint of the good. The ongoing project seeks to understand humanity's relation to nature in a profoundly ethical way. This volume develops an understanding in ecological terms. It does so by examining the notion of giving in relation to having, calling into question the ways in which being human, and being itself, have been understood in terms of what one must have and possess in order to live well-goods, qualities, a body, a dwelling, freedom, land, children, family, things, knowledge, power, authenticity-all forms of genitivity. Having is explored in terms of ecstasy, squander, generosity, and sustenance, then as betrayal and forgiveness. Betrayal is understood as the expressiveness of things, always promised to circulation in abundance beyond containment, use or profit: the circulation of goods and commodities together with the circulation of images, meanings, language, and writing.

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À propos de l'auteur

Stephen David Ross is Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy, Interpretation, and Culture and Comparative Literature at Binghamton University, State University of New York. He is the author of several books, including The Gift of Beauty: The Good as Art; The Gift of Truth: Gathering the Good; The Gift of Touch: Embodying the Good; and the editor of Art and Its Significance: An Anthology of Aesthetic Theory, Third Edition, all published by SUNY Press.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: State University of New York Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0791448665
• ISBN 13: 9780791448663
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 365
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• Personne responsable: non disponible