Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Preface ix
5. Introduction 1
6. The Gift 23
7. From Cultural Conflicts to Epistemic Ignorance 49
8. The Question of Speaking and the Impossibility of the Gift 74
9. Knowing the “Other” and “Learning to Learn” 97
10. Hospitality and the Logic of the Gift in the Academy 128
11. Conclusion 156
12. Afterword 162
13. Notes 165
14. Bibliography 195
15. Index 212