Are Gifts Nothing Other Than Economic Exchanges?

{"title":"Are Gifts Nothing Other Than Economic Exchanges?","description":"\u003Cp\u003EEmma Tieffenbach, Docteure \u00e8s Lettres at the University of Geneva, draws on philosophical and linguistic research to probe the distinction between economic exchange and the gift. She examines conditional philanthropy, reciprocal services among acquaintances, and the speech acts that frame these interactions. The lecture proposes criteria for distinguishing exchanges from gifts and offers an attentive answer to when and how philanthropic acts function as genuine donations or as expected transactions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIn French.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","start_date":"2026-12-01","end_date":"2026-12-01","date":"Tuesday 1 December, 14:30","timings":[{"timing_start_date":"20261201T133000Z","timing_end_date":"20261201T150000Z"}]}