02501nam 2200589 450 991081303860332120170821200246.01-78533-525-11-78238-018-310.1515/9781782380184(CKB)2550000001117126(EBL)1375247(OCoLC)858861763(SSID)ssj0001000170(PQKBManifestationID)12338305(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001000170(PQKBWorkID)10943696(PQKB)11399140(MiAaPQ)EBC1375247(DE-B1597)636817(DE-B1597)9781782380184(EXLCZ)99255000000111712620130307d2013 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe gift of European thought and the cost of living /Vassos ArgyrouNew York :Berghahn Books,2013.1 online resource (146 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-78238-017-5 1-299-86312-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Chapter 1 - The Circle; Chapter 2 - The Gift of European Thought; Chapter 3 - The Economy of Thought; Chapter 4 - Political Economy; Chapter 5 - The Cost of Living; References; Index European thought is often said to be a gift to the rest of the world, but what if there is no gift as such? What if there is only an economy where every giving is also a taking, and every taking is also a giving? This book extends the question of economies by making a case for an "economy of thought" and a "political economy." It argues that all thinking and doing presupposes taking, and therefore giving, as the price to pay for taking; or that there exists a "cost of living," which renders the idea of free thinking and living untenable. The argument is developed against the Enlightenment dirThought and thinkingEnlightenmentCost and standard of livingEuropeThought and thinking.Enlightenment.Cost and standard of living153.42094Argyrou Vassos646467MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813038603321The gift of European thought and the cost of living4105735UNINA