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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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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.), AnthropologyShowing 5 featured editions. View all 15 editions?
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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
0307279502 9780307279507
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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
1983, Random House
in English
0394523016 9780394523019
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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.
0394715195 9780394715193
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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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Bibliography: p. [283]-287.
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