LEADER 02501nam 2200589 450 001 9910813038603321 005 20170821200246.0 010 $a1-78533-525-1 010 $a1-78238-018-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9781782380184 035 $a(CKB)2550000001117126 035 $a(EBL)1375247 035 $a(OCoLC)858861763 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001000170 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12338305 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001000170 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10943696 035 $a(PQKB)11399140 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1375247 035 $a(DE-B1597)636817 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781782380184 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001117126 100 $a20130307d2013 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe gift of European thought and the cost of living /$fVassos Argyrou 210 1$aNew York :$cBerghahn Books,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (146 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-78238-017-5 311 $a1-299-86312-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $a 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 dir 606 $aThought and thinking 606 $aEnlightenment 606 $aCost and standard of living$zEurope 615 0$aThought and thinking. 615 0$aEnlightenment. 615 0$aCost and standard of living 676 $a153.42094 700 $aArgyrou$b Vassos$0646467 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813038603321 996 $aThe gift of European thought and the cost of living$94105735 997 $aUNINA