Titolo Oltre l'utilitarismo: il dono nelle società opulente Periodico Equilibri Anno: 2016 - Volume: 58 - Fascicolo: 1 - Pagina iniziale: 149 - Pagina finale: 159
The gift economy is an individual and collective manifestation of non utilitarian behaviour that questions all that is related to self-appropriation. Within the market exchange context, an individual is free from social bonds. The gift changes this perspective. It is an integral and essential part of a debate on our model of development, having made its way into the mind of the "homo oeconomicus".