%0 Journal Article %A Susan PETRILLI %D 2023 %C Berlin, Germany %I Peter Lang Verlag %J Cultura: International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology %@ 2065-5002 %N 2 %V 17 %T Language, Communication, and Gifting with Genevieve Vaughan %R 10.3726/CUL022020.0004 %U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1377619 %X This essay presents Genevieve Vaughan’s writings on language, communication and social praxis for social change. Mothering/being-mothered is thematized, in the framework of gift logic, as a core practice characterizing human relationships, shedding new light on the properly human in terms of gift economy values. %K Gifting, Language, mothering/being mothered, otherness, verbal nurturing