The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property
Lewis Hyde
None pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0099273225
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Language: English
Publish: 920534400000
AnthropologyArtEssaysHistoryNonfictionPhilosophyPoetryPsychologySociologyWriting
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.