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9781571817051: Marcel Mauss: A Centenary Tribute
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ISBN 10 : 1571817050 ISBN 13 : 9781571817051
Editeur : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 1998

Synopsis

Marcel Mauss, successor of Emile Durkheim and one-time teacher of Claude Levi-Strauss, continues to inspire social scientists across various disciplines. Only selected texts of Mauss's work have been translated into English, but of these, some, as for instance his "Essay on the Gift," have proved of key significance for the development of anthropology internationally.

Recently and starting in France, the interest in Mauss's 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 re-evaluation 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's 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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À propos des auteurs

Wendy James (1940-2024) taught at the University of Khartoum and had research experience in the Sudan and Ethiopia. She was Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford.



After studying classics and medicine N. J. Allen (1939-2020) qualified in Social Anthropology at Oxford, undertaking fieldwork in Nepal. He was Reader in the Social Anthropology of South Asia at the University of Oxford.

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Éditeur
Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Date d'édition
1998
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1571817050
ISBN 13 
9781571817051
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
256
Éditeur
James Wendy, Allen N. J.
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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