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Marcel Mauss, successor of Emile Durkheim and one-time teacher of Claude Levi-Strauss, continues to inspire social scientists across various disciplines.
Recently and starting in France, the interest in Mauss' work has increased noticeably as witnessed by several reassessments of its relevance to current social theory. This collection of original essays is the first to introduce the English-language reader to the current reevaluation of his ideas in continental Europe.
Themes include the post-structuralist appraisal of "exchange," the anthropology of the body, practical techniques, gesture systems, the notions of substance, materiality, and the social person. There are fresh insights into comparative politics and history, modern forms of charity, and new readings of some political and historical aspects of Mauss' work that bear on the analysis of regions such as Africa and the Middle East, relatively neglected by the Durkheimian school and by structuralism.
This volume is a timely tribute to mark the centenary of Mauss' early work and confirms the continuing relevance of his ideas.
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Marcel Mauss: A Centenary Tribute
1998, Berghahn Books, Incorporated
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1789205697 9781789205695
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