The Techne of Giving: Cinema and the Generous Form of Life

by Timothy Campbell and Timothy C. Campbell

Book Overview

Over the last five years, corporations and individuals have given more money, more often, to charitable organizations than ever before. What could possibly be the downside to inhabiting a golden age of gift-giving? That question lies at the heart of Timothy Campbell's account of contemporary giving and its social forms. In a milieu where gift-giving dominates, nearly everything given and received becomes the subject of a calculus--gifts from God,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823273261
• ISBN13: 9780823273263
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"