Throwing Dice: Luck of the Draw and the Democratic Ideal

Is democracy a gift economy—that is, one essentially distinct from, and opposed to, reduction to transactional exchanges such as those typical in a market economy? Beginning with a case study of success, this paper considers the role of scaleable effects in destabilizing the relationship between...

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Main Author: MARK KINGWELL
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Windsor 2012-05-01
Series:PhaenEx: Journal of Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture
Online Access:https://phaenex.uwindsor.ca/index.php/phaenex/article/view/3302