Godina izdanja: 2007
ISBN: 978-1-84195-993-1
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World

Izdavač: Canongate Books Ltd
Povez: broširan
Broj strana: XIX + 345
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„If you want to write, paint, sing, compose, act, or make films, read „The Gift“.”
- 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.

„The Gift“ actually deserves the hyperbolic praise that in most blurbs is so empty. It is the sort of book that you remember where you were and even what you were wearing when you first picked it up. The sort that you hector friends about until they read it too. This is not just formulaic blurbspeak; it is the truth. No one who is invested in any kind of art, in questions of what real art does and doesn`t have to do with money, spirituality, ego, love, ugliness, sales, politics, morality, marketing, and whatever you call `value`, can read „The Gift“ and remain unchanged.
- David Foster Wallace.

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