La motivazione alla base dello scambio è orientata all’egoismo, poiché ciò che è dato ritorna sotto altra forma al donatore per soddisfare i suoi bisogni: soddisfare i bisogni di un’altra/o è un mezzo per soddisfare il proprio bisogno. Questa operazione è lo scambio, che si può descrivere come un dare per ricevere. L’attuale sistema economico, che dicono sia naturale e troppo diffuso per poterlo cambiare, si basa su una semplice operazione a cui gli individui partecipano a più livelli e in momenti diversi. Più tardi, come femminista, ho capito che il mio lavoro domestico gratuito e il mio lavoro di madre nel crescere i figli era in effetti un dono, e che le donne di tutto il mondo lo praticavano. Il mio primo approccio all’idea del dono, come principio economico di base e come principio di vita, è stato quando lavoravo sul linguaggio e la comunicazione. Quello che dobbiamo fare è dare valore a quello connesso alle donne per causare uno spostamento fondamentale dei valori con cui gestiamo le nostre vite e le nostre politiche. L’uno è connesso agli uomini, l’altro alle donne. Uno è visibile, l’altro invisibile uno fortemente valutato, l’altro sottovalutato. Oggi nel mondo coesistono due paradigmi economici di base, logicamente contraddittori ma anche complementari. The articles in this issue of Athanor and ithe very fact of its publication are examples of the collective and collaborative gift giving that are needed to make a better world. ![]() The authors extend their heartfelt thanks for the gift of hospitality that has welcomed them to these pages. It is fitting that this collection of articles, which is an expression of the international women’s movement, is published as a volume of Athanor in English in Italy, with the help of Augusto Ponzio and Susan Petrilli of the University of Bari. The new/old paradigm, though unrecognized, is already widespread and could be the basis of a better way of organizing society. The logic of gift giving forms the basis of a paradigm that is radically different from the worldview based on the logic of exchange. Exchange, giving in order to receive a quantitative equivalent, is its determined opposite. A case can be made that gift giving is the basis of communication. Inside Capitalism it can be seen in such large-scale phenomena as women’s free housework, and the remittances sent by immigrants to their families in their home countries. ![]() It has structured viable economies in indigenous cultures. Gift giving exists in many places but is made invisible by Patriarchal Capitalism. Many of the women there were interested in the idea of the gift economy and became the core of a network which has since met and given presentations in numerous places around the world, including workshops at the World Social Forums in Brazil and India. The meeting, which was organized by Norweigen Berit As and Italian Paola Melchiori, brought together women from South and North to share their experiences and ideas for change. Many of the women first met each other at a meeting at the Feminist University in Loten, Norway in 2000. ![]() This collection of articles is the product of an international network of women who embrace in one way or another the idea of the logic of gift giving as the basis of a paradigm shift for social change. World Womens Congress for a Healthy Planet (WEDO).The Gift Economy inside and outside Patriarchal Capitalism.2nd World Congress on Matriarchal Studies. ![]()
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