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

Gift

How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World

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

Gift

How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World

by and

  • ★★★★★ 5.00 ·
  • 1 Rating
  • 27 Want to read
  • 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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Canongate Books
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English
Pages
384

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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
2013, Canongate Books
in English
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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: 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
1983, Vintage Books
in English - 1st Vintage Books ed.
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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
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GN449.6, GN449.6 .H93 2012

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OL28488772M
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9780857868473
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2013376225

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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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