The Wound and the Blessing

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The Wound and the Blessing is written by Luigino Bruni and published by New City Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1565484282 (ISBN 10) and 9781565484283 (ISBN 13).

Bruni offers an authoritative and innovative look at the cultural and anthropological premises underlying contemporary market economies and their promises. He points out the need for balancing the increasing tendency toward isolation with the human need for relationships. Bruni proposes gratuitousness -- free and open reciprocity, quite different from altruism -- as a means of maximizing the benefits of the market without losing the joy that comes from putting relationships with others first.