The Maternal Roots of the Gift Economy Conference/Le radici materne dell’economia del dono
Presented by Center for the Study of the Gift Economy and International Feminists for a Gift Economy
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Introduction
This web site is offered to try to give a new perspective, to shift the worldview based on the exchange economy towards one that will support social change in the direction of a gift economy.
Theory
Two basic economic paradigms coexist in the world today. They are logically contradictory and conflictual but also complementary. They are connected with patriarchy, the construction of gender and the way we form our concepts. They permeate the culture.What we need to do is validate the one connected with satisfying needs and diminish the one based on the market, causing a basic shift in the values by which we direct our lives and policies.
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