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28 | A Very Special Holiday Episode: Learning How to Give with Jacques Derrida

What's Left of Philosophy

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Giving Receipts, Reciprocity, and Reciprocity

Deridathe deritian question would be, andyo, i want to be very clear. Is that reciprocity being freely given on the terms of and i get it, we can get kind of hazn what the other means? And so i actually think christmas is at also a really good example. There's these obligations to give a gift, neo. And they've been like critiques of like, young kids and being like, go give your uncle a hug. Well, it its different if you have to hug the person because of your family member, rather than, I want to give you a hug this. So i feel it smetimes we have to move to this.

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