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

The gift

imagination and the erotic life of property

by and

  • ★★★★★ 5.0 (1 rating) ·
  • 28 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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Publisher
Random House
Language
English
Pages
327

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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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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
February 12, 1983, Vintage
in English
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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
in English
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Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. [283]-287.
Includes index.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
306/.32
Library of Congress
GN449.6 .H93 1983, GN449.6.H93 1983

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvii, 327 p. :
Number of pages
327

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3505132M
Internet Archive
giftimaginatione0000hyde
ISBN 10
0394523016
LCCN
82040134
OCLC/WorldCat
8554254
Library Thing
258760
Goodreads
3670104

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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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