When the Puritans first landed in Massachusetts, they discovered a thing so curious about the Indians' feelings for property that they felt called upon to give it a name.
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Discusses the argument that a work of art is essentially a gift and not a commodity.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Gifts, Economic anthropology, Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.), Art and society, Nonfiction, Sociology, Literary Criticism, Art et société, Begaafdheid, Anthropologie économique, Creativiteit, Création (Arts), Donations, Cadeaux, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Creation (literary, artistic, etc.), AnthropologyEdition | Availability |
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Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World
2013, Canongate Books
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The gift: creativity and the artist in the modern world
2007, Vintage Books
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The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World (Vintage)
December 4, 2007, Vintage
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The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property
March 4, 1999, Trafalgar Square
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0099273225 9780099273226
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The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property
March 4, 1999, Trafalgar Square
Paperback
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The gift: Imagination and the erotic life of property
1983, Random House
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0394523016 9780394523019
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The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property
February 12, 1983, Vintage
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0394715195 9780394715193
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The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property
1983, Vintage Books
in English
- 1st Vintage Books ed.
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The gift: imagination and the erotic life of property
1983, Random House
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Starting with the premise that the work of art is a gift and not a commodity, this revolutionary book ranges across anthropology, literature, economics, and psychology to show how the 'commerce of the creative spirit' functions in the lives of artists and in culture as a whole.
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