The gift : how the creative spirit transforms the world / Lewis Hyde.
Publisher: Edinburgh : Canongate, 2012Description: 1 v001: 43652ISBN: 9780857868473 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Gifts | Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) | Economic anthropology | Art and society | SocietyDDC classification: 306.32 HYD LOC classification: GN449.6Summary: An examination of the 'gift economy', Hyde argues for the defence of the place of creativity in our increasingly market-orientated society.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Widely acknowledged as one of the definitive texts on art theory, The Gift brilliantly argues for the importance of creativity in our increasingly money-driven society, reaching deep into literature, anthropology and psychology.
Originally published: New York: Random House, 1983; London: Vintage, 1999.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An examination of the 'gift economy', Hyde argues for the defence of the place of creativity in our increasingly market-orientated society.
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