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The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property

By now a modern classic, The Gift is a brilliantly orchestrated defense of the value of creativity and of its importance in a culture increasingly governed by money and overrun with commodities. Widely available again after twenty-five years, this book is even more necessary today than when it first appeared. An illuminating and transformative book, and completely original in its view of the world, The Gift is cherished by artists, writers, musicians, and thinkers. It is in itself a gift to all who discover the classic wisdom found in its pages.

Subject
philosophyliterary criticismanthropologyhistorypsychology
Genre
literary fictionmythologymyths and folklore
Themes
artcreativitywritersmusicspirituality
Setting
college
Mood
inspirational
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 327 pages
Form
essayspoetry

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