What is agape? Exegesis of a synthesis through anthropological theology

We begin with a simple enough question: What exactly is agape? The answer is anything but simple. To understand its complexity, we must journey from exegesis, through theology, until finally arriving at the anthropology of the gift. Alain Caille's quintessentially Maussian tetralogy (concern for others, self-interest, freedom, obligation) allows us to situate agape alongside the concern for others and grace alongside freedom -- all of which we will call the anthropology of 'dilection'. Adapted from the source document.