Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction: From Capitalism’s Crises to a Convivial Society 1
4. An Anthropology of Giving
5. Self-interest, Altruism, and the Gift 13
6. Mauss’ Gift 25
7. Homo Donator: A Different Anthropology 38
8. Society’s Gifts
9. Locating the Gift in Society 55
10. The Gift between Socialism and Capitalism 70
11. Commodities, Values, Money, Gifts 81
12. Crossing the Borders
13. Science and Technology, Nature and Conviviality 99
14. Gifts of Nature 108
15. Civil Society, Conviviality, Utopia 119
16. Worlds of Conviviality
17. Aesthetic Freedom, or The Gift of Art 131
18. Pluriversalism: Towards a European and Global Politics of Conviviality 141
19. Conclusion 154
20. Notes 159
21. References 161
22. Index 182