A philosophical critique of the social grant system in South Africa
| dc.contributor.advisor | Rathbone, M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Heppell, Erik | |
| dc.contributor.researchID | 23309296 - Rathbone, Mark (Supervisor) | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-12-04T09:19:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-12-04T09:19:35Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
| dc.description | MA (Philisophy), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this article is to undertake a philosophical reflection of the South African social grant system from the perspective of the gift as presented by Marcel Mauss, Alasdair John Milbank, Jean-Luc Marion and Jacques Derrida. Mauss's and Milbank's view of the gift is based on reciprocity and a circular economy that highlights a reductionist understanding of the gift and possibly of the social grant system. On the other hand, Marion's saturated gift emphasises givenness as a transcendent phenomenon that moves beyond the donor-receiver relationship and may end in a mystical theology. The aneconomics of Derrida will be presented as an alternative to these reductions as a function of the appearance of the other. The appearance of the other interrupts economic circularity and opens the possibility of hospitality. | en_US |
| dc.description.thesistype | Masters | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5336-5722 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10394/33818 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | North-West University (South Africa) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Reciprocity | en_US |
| dc.subject | The gift | en_US |
| dc.subject | Derrida | en_US |
| dc.subject | Marion | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mauss | en_US |
| dc.subject | Milbank | en_US |
| dc.subject | South African social grant system | en_US |
| dc.subject | Economic circularity | en_US |
| dc.title | A philosophical critique of the social grant system in South Africa | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |