From Man as Predator to Man as Giver. Reflections on the Gift and the Self-Giving in Psychology

Considering the values and the cultural model today prevailing, all centred on narcissistic individualism and extreme competition, Chiara Lubich’s thought on gift and self – giving is likely to look ingenuous and absurd. However, this thought is confirmed in the secular culture of today and in parti...

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Main Author: Cavaleri Pietro A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2014-07-01
Series:Journal for Perspectives of Economic Political and Social Integration
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spelling doaj-6347cf4e92894cf0a278f113f9ade8102020-11-24T22:07:44ZengSciendoJournal for Perspectives of Economic Political and Social Integration1733-39112014-07-01191-215516310.2478/v10241-012-0014-6v10241-012-0014-6From Man as Predator to Man as Giver. Reflections on the Gift and the Self-Giving in PsychologyCavaleri Pietro AConsidering the values and the cultural model today prevailing, all centred on narcissistic individualism and extreme competition, Chiara Lubich’s thought on gift and self – giving is likely to look ingenuous and absurd. However, this thought is confirmed in the secular culture of today and in particular in the psychological studies.http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/pepsi.2013.19.issue-1-2/v10241-012-0014-6/v10241-012-0014-6.xml?format=INTgiftself giftpredatorcooperationreciprocity
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From Man as Predator to Man as Giver. Reflections on the Gift and the Self-Giving in Psychology
Journal for Perspectives of Economic Political and Social Integration
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title From Man as Predator to Man as Giver. Reflections on the Gift and the Self-Giving in Psychology
title_short From Man as Predator to Man as Giver. Reflections on the Gift and the Self-Giving in Psychology
title_full From Man as Predator to Man as Giver. Reflections on the Gift and the Self-Giving in Psychology
title_fullStr From Man as Predator to Man as Giver. Reflections on the Gift and the Self-Giving in Psychology
title_full_unstemmed From Man as Predator to Man as Giver. Reflections on the Gift and the Self-Giving in Psychology
title_sort from man as predator to man as giver. reflections on the gift and the self-giving in psychology
publisher Sciendo
series Journal for Perspectives of Economic Political and Social Integration
issn 1733-3911
publishDate 2014-07-01
description Considering the values and the cultural model today prevailing, all centred on narcissistic individualism and extreme competition, Chiara Lubich’s thought on gift and self – giving is likely to look ingenuous and absurd. However, this thought is confirmed in the secular culture of today and in particular in the psychological studies.
topic gift
self gift
predator
cooperation
reciprocity
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