An edition of The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property (1983)

The Gift

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An edition of The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property (1983)

The Gift

Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property

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  • ★★★★★ 5.0 (1 rating) ·
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  • 1 Currently reading
  • 3 Have read

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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Vintage

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Subjects

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, Anthropology
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Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World
2019, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
in English
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Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World
2013, Canongate Books
in English
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The Gift
2009, Canongate Books
E-book in English
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The Gift
2009, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
eBook in English
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The Gift
September 6, 2007, Canongate Books Ltd
Paperback - New Ed edition
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The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World (Vintage)
December 4, 2007, Vintage
Paperback in English - 25 Anv edition
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The gift: creativity and the artist in the modern world
2007, Vintage Books
in English - 25th anniversary ed. 2nd Vintage Books ed.
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The Gift
November 2, 2006, Canongate Books Ltd
Hardcover
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The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property
March 4, 1999, Trafalgar Square
in English
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The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property
March 4, 1999, Trafalgar Square
Paperback in English - Reissue edition
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The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property
1999, Vintage
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The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property
February 12, 1983, Vintage
in English
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The gift: imagination and the erotic life of property
1983, Random House
in English
Cover of: The Gift
The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property
1983, Vintage Books
in English - 1st Vintage Books ed.
Cover of: The gift
The gift: Imagination and the erotic life of property
1983, Random House
in English

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The Physical Object

Pagination
xvii, 327 p. : ill. ;

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25419312M
ISBN 13
9780099273226
OCLC/WorldCat
60191978

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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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April 23, 2024 Edited by Drini Merge works
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