The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property Tapa blanda - 1983

The Gift has come to be regarded as a modern classic. This inspiring examination of the "gift economy" is even more relevant now than when it originally appeared - a brilliantly argued defence of the place of creativity in our increasingly market-orientated society. The Gift takes as its opening premise the idea that a work of art is a gift and not a commodity. Hyde proceeds to show how "the commerce of the creative spirit" functions in the lives of artists and within culture as a whole, backing up his radical thesis with illuminating examples from economics, literature, anthropology and psychology. Whether discussing the circulations of gifts in tribal societies, the ethics of usury, the woman given in marriage or Whitman's Leaves of Grass, this wide-ranging book is as entertaining as it is ground-breaking, a masterful analysis of the creative act in all its manifestations. It is in itself an extraordinary gift to all who discover it.

Detalles

• Título The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property
• Autor Lewis Hyde
• Encuadernación Tapa blanda
• Edición 1st Vintage Book
• Páginas 327
• Volúmenes 1
• Idioma ENG
• Editorial Vintage Books USA, New York
• Fecha de publicación February 12, 1983
• ISBN 9780394715193 / 0394715195
• Peso 0.91 libras (0.41 kg)
• Dimensiones 8.4 x 5.38 x 0.93 pulgadas (21.34 x 13.67 x 2.36 cm)
• Library of Congress subjects Gifts, Art and society
• Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 82049088
• Dewey Decimal Code 306.32