ABSTRACT
In this chapter my aim will be to outline a more complex analysis of reciprocity on the basis of a non-conventional history of economic thought. In a quest for new ideas, we shall search the works of some notable economists who have considerably affected the idea of sociality and, indirectly, the idea of reciprocity in modern and contemporary economic theory. Learning the reasons of the absence of reciprocity in contemporary mainstream economics will mark the first step to grasp the importance of its restoration into economic analysis, especially in a form that shall not be limited to the one featured in the current debate.
