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The Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World

The Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World

Hyde, Lewis

Paperback

PhilosophyAnthropologySelf-Help

Publisher Price: $20.00

ISBN10: 1984897780
ISBN13: 9781984897787
Publisher: Vintage
Published: Sep 24 2019
Pages: 480
Weight: 0.75
Height: 1.20 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
If you want to write, paint, sing, compose, act, or make films, read The Gift. --from the Introduction by Margaret Atwood

A modern classic cherished by many of the greatest artists of our time and 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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