Dear Anthony and Jacques,
On the question of 'gift flow' I recently found the following a very
inspiring read, which contributed significantly to some of my most recent
writings:
Lewis Hyde (2006): 'The Gift - How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World'
Canongate Books.
Although not written within the context of 'an inclusional paradigm' (the
first edition was published in 1983), there are very clear resonances with
themes of deep generosity, vulnerability and mortality, death feeding life,
complex self-identity as natural neighbourhood, beyond purely transactional
exchange, energy flow and blockage etc.
Warmest
Alan
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From: "Anthony McCann" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 8:00 AM
Subject: Borderlands
Hi Jacques,
Thanks for the word about the Borderlands community. I was wondering how you
started the cooperative? and what you find the key challenges to be?
I'd love to know more about your mixed economies approach. I've looked at
the notion of gift, and I got quite frustrated by the almost exclusive
emphasis in the literature on exchange relations, which I feel are nowhere
near as subtle as relationships in which generosity happens. Putting it into
practice formally I would imagine calls for a lot of awareness and
vulnerability?
Beannachtaí,
Anthony
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