It's an interesting choice of title -- there's a classic of social theory by the same name:
http://www.amazon.com/Gift-Reason-Exchange-Archaic-Societies/dp/039332043X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235681369&sr=1-1 This is the book I've talked with Janice about. Hyde would have to be familiar with it. Without reading Hyde, I'm having a bit of a hard time figuring out what connection he's making. On 2009-02-26, Janice Carello <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for the recommendation. I found the title, The Gift, so interesting > that I checked out the table of contents. It looks thought-provoking. Eric > has talked with me a lot about how gift giving is viewed from an > anthropological view: gift giving can be and often is very manipulative > since one often gives expecting to receive. It looks like this book explores > similar ideas. I added it to my wish list. > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 2:11 PM, delancey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I read a very nice book recently arguing that there's a fundamental >> tension between the market and art. I recommend it; regardless of >> whether we agree with it, it was interesting: The Gift, Lewis Hyde >> (http://www.amazon.com/Gift-Creativity-Artist-Modern-Vintage/dp/ >> 0307279502/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235675364&sr=8-1<http://www.amazon.com/Gift-Creativity-Artist-Modern-Vintage/dp/0307279502/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235675364&sr=8-1> >> ). >> >> > > > -- > Janice > > > > -- eric scoles ([email protected]) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
