The Economics of Friendship : Conceptions of Reciprocity in Classical Greece.

The Economics of Friendship : Conceptions of Reciprocity in Classical Greece.

In The Economics of Friendship, Tazuko Angela van Berkel offers an account of the notion of reciprocity in 5th- and 4th-century Greek incepting social theory. The preoccupation with the norms of philia and charis, conspicuous in sources from the Classical Period, is a symptom of changes in the shape...

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Main Author: Van Berkel, Tazuko
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : BRILL, 2019.
Series:Mnemosyne, Supplements Ser.
Subjects:
To 146 B.C.
Friendship > Greece.
Friendship in literature.
Values > Greece.
Exchange > Greece.
Interpersonal relations > Greece.
Civilization
Exchange
Friendship
Friendship in literature
Interpersonal relations
Values
Greece > Civilization > To 146 B.C.
Greece
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Table of Contents:
  • 3. False Friends, Part Two: Economics, Ancient and Modern
  • 4. Education and the Logic of Wage-Earning
  • 5. Concluding Remarks: The Givenness of the Good
  • Chapter 6. Active Partnership: Socrates and the Art of Seduction
  • The Argument
  • 1. Amazing Grace: Looking as a Reciprocal Endeavor
  • 2. The Hunter Hunted: Role Reversals and the Paradox of the Hetaera
  • 3. Desire Management
  • 4. The Secrets of Love Magic
  • 5. The Socratic Principle: Pay It Forward
  • 6. Concluding Remarks: Language Games at the Market Frontier
  • Chapter 7. Relational Economics: Aristotle on Value and Equivalence
  • 1. Aristotle Discovers the Economy?
  • 2. Equivalence
  • 3. Value and Values
  • 4. The Politics of Need
  • 5. Concluding Remarks
  • Epilogue: Hostile Worlds
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Modern Authors
  • Index of Names and Subjects
  • Index of Greek Terminology
  • Index of Ancient Sources
  • List of Key Passages

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