Categories and Classifications: Maussian Reflections on the Social

by N.J. Allen

Book Overview

Marcel Mauss (1872-1950), Durkheim's nephew, was a key figure among Durkheimians and helped to found the distinctive French tradition in the social sciences at the start of the 20th century. He dominated the teaching of social anthropology in Paris between the Wars, and his Essay on the Gift (1925) is a well established classic. However, it is only recently that the breadth and freshness of his oeuvre as a whole is being reassessed and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571818243
• ISBN13: 9781571818249
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"