Private Law Theory

ABSTRACT
Aristotle’s economy is a political economy; it is not the house (oikos) that is central, nor (long-distance) trade, but the urban polis market, which not only allows the means of life of the citizens to be negotiated but at the same time the cohesion of the political community (koinonia politike) through friendly mediation. It is an economy of friendship, which is based more strongly than hitherto on gift-economic relations.

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Birger P Priddat, Relationality in Aristotle’s Economy, in Cooperation in Value-Creating Networks – Relational Perspectives on Governing Social and Economic Value Creation in the 21st Century (Josef Wieland, Stefan Linder, Jessica Geraldo Schwengber and Adrian Zicari eds) (Springer 2024). First Online: 29 February 2024.