"Marcel Mauss's writings on techniques and technology are at the forefront of an important anthropological and sociological research tradition, and they also highlight the theoretical and ideological challenges surrounding this field of study. A selection of Mauss's texts - incl…
"Marcel Mauss's writings on techniques and technology are at the forefront of an important anthropological and sociological research tradition, and they also highlight the theoretical and ideological challenges surrounding this field of study. A selection of Mauss's texts - incl…
Marcel Mauss (1872-1950) was the leading social anthropologist in Paris between the world wars, and his Manuel d'ethnographie, dating from that period, is the longest of all his texts. Despite having had four editions in France, the Manuel has hitherto been unavailable in Englis…
"Marcel Mauss (1872-1950) was the leading social anthropologist in Paris between the world wars, and his Manuel d'ethnographie, dating from that period, is the longest of all his texts. Despite having had four editions in France, the Manuel has hitherto been unavailable in Engli…
"Marcel Mauss (1872-1950) never completed his Doctoral thesis on prayer. Yet his scarcely mentioned text of 176 pages (Books I and II), which was privately printed in 1909, can be seen as some of his most important work. His argument that much of prayer is a social act will be o…
"Marcel Mauss (1872-1950) never completed his Doctoral thesis on prayer. Yet his scarcely mentioned text of 176 pages (Books I and II), which was privately printed in 1909, can be seen as some of his most important work. His argument that much of prayer is a social act will be o…