The gift as philosophical critique of the social grant system in South Africa
The purpose of this article is to undertake a philosophical reflection on the South African social grant system from the perspective of the gift as presented by Marcel Mauss, Alasdair John Milbank, Jean-Luc Marion and Jacques Derrida. Mauss’s and Milbank’s view of the gift is based on reciprocity an...
Main Authors: | Erik Heppell, Mark Rathbone |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of the Free State
2020-08-01
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Series: | Acta Academica |
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Online Access: | https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/aa/article/view/4732 |
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