“Politics of the Gift“: A convivial evening at the Centre, 15 February 2023

31 January 2023

15 February 2023, 06:00-08:00 p.m. (CET)

“Politics of the Gift“: A convivial evening at the Centre (hybrid event
Book Launch and Apéro with Prof. Dr. Frank Adloff (Humanities Centre)

Frank Adloff: Politics of the Gift. Towards a Convivial Society. Book series: Alternatives to Capitalism in the 21st Century, Bristol: Bristol University Press, 2022. Link
Comments by: Prof. Dr. Christine Hentschel (Universität Hamburg), Prof. Andrew Stirling, PhD (University of Sussex Business), Prof. Matthias Thiemann, PhD (SciencesPo)
Registration: If you would like to participate, please indicate the date of the event and if you would like to participate in person (Gorch-Fock-Wall 3, room 1021) OR digitally via Zoom: zukuenfte.der.nachhaltigkeit"AT"uni-hamburg.de

About the book:

The English translation of  "Politik der Gabe. Für ein anderes Zusammenleben" from 2018 was published on 28 October 2022:
Frank Adloff: Politics of the Gift. Towards a Convivial Society. Book series: Alternatives to Capitalism in the 21st Century, Bristol: Bristol University Press, 2022.

At the heart of capitalism lies the idea of ‘homo economicus’: an ever-rational human being motivated by self-interest which arguably leads societies to economic prosperity.

Drawing on French sociologist Marcel Mauss' influential theory of ‘the gift’, Frank Adloff shatters this fallacy to show mutual trust is the only glue that holds societies together; people are giving beings and they can cooperate for the benefit of all when the logic of maximizing personal gain in capitalism is broken.

Acknowledging the role of women, nature, and workers in the Global South in transforming society, this book proposes a politics of conviviality, (from the Latin con-vivere: living together) for global and environmental justice as an alternative to the pursuit of profit, growth, and consumption.