This article proposes an interpretation of the chapters of theNicomachean Ethicsconcerning exchange and friendship. Rejecting approaches where Aristotle anticipates modern labour or need-based theories of value, the article claims that those notions of labour and need are required for a satisfactory interpretation of the most obscure passages of Book V. Finally, Aristotle's texts on exchange and friendship are related in such a way that the latter, since it is free from any political considerations, allows us to better understand the philosopher's (...) view on exchange. (shrink)

Associant théorie de la métaphore et conception hétéropolitique de l'utopie, cet article montre comment la métaphore de l'esclavage, dans les textes féministes, constitue un instrument heuristique nous incitant à redéfinir à la fois nos sociétés et nos théories.