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The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World

By Lewis , Penguin Random House.;Atwood , Margaret;Hyde

Book information

Publisher
Random House, Inc.;Vintage Books
ISBN
9780307567604, 9780307279507, 9781984897787, 1984897780
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (2685726 bytes)
Series
The Canons 23
Edition
Third Vintage Books Edition
Pages
xxxix, 435 pages ; 21 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Art and society;Creation (Literaryartisticetc.);Economic anthropology;Gifts

Description

A modern classic cherished by many of the greatest artists of our time, The Gift is a brilliant, life-changing defense of the value of creative labor. Drawing on examples from folklore and literature, history and tribal customs, economics and modern copyright law, Lewis Hyde demonstrates how our society--governed by the marketplace--is poorly equipped to determine the worth of artists' work. He shows us that another way is possible: the alternative economy of the gift, which allows creations and ideas to circulate freely, rather than hoarding them as commodities. Illuminating and transformative, The Gift is a triumph of originality and insight--an essential book for anyone who has ever given or received a work of art.

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