La lógica del don en las relaciones humanas: Economía y reciprocidad a la luz de los radicales polianos
Journal
Studia Poliana
ISSN
2387-1830
1139-6660
Date Issued
2022
Author(s)
Moreno-Almárcegui, Antonio
Type
text::journal::journal article
Abstract
Aimed at questioning the primacy of the contract over the logic of the gift in modernity, this paper compares and contrasts three archetypes of social relationships in light of the Polian radicals, as well as the types of reciprocity that derive from each of them. Modern, closed-dual reciprocity is opposed to open-triadic reciprocity, which characterizes gift-based relationships, both in their classical and Christian versions. This paper concludes that only the Christian radical, that of the person, can integrate the logic of the gift with a radical sense of freedom. Said radical starts with an anthropology that complements the practice of virtues as a way of moral perfection with an openness to transcendence and to aiding the neediest among us. © 2022 Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Navarra. All rights reserved.