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.
An edition of The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property
(1983)
The Gift
Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property
by Lewis Hyde and Lewis Hyde
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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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Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World
2013, Canongate Books
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0857868470 9780857868473
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The gift: creativity and the artist in the modern world
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The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World (Vintage)
December 4, 2007, Vintage
Paperback
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- 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
0099273225 9780099273226
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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
1983, Random House
in English
0394523016 9780394523019
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The gift: Imagination and the erotic life of property
1983, Random House
in English
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The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property
February 12, 1983, Vintage
in English
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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