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Allen, N. J. [Contributor]; Allen, N. J. [Editor]; Dresch, Paul [Contributor]; Gofman, Alexander [Contributor]; Haroche, Claudine [Contributor]; James, Wendy [Contributor]; James, Wendy [Editor]; Jenkins, Tim [Contributor]; Karsenti, Bruno [Contributor]; Mauss, Marcel [Contributor]; Nja, Wj [Contributor]; Parry, Jonathan P. [Contributor]; Pickering, W. S. F. [Contributor]; Schlanger, Nathan [Contributor]; Silber, Ilana [Contributor]; Testart, Alain [Contributor]

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  • Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Marcel Mauss : A Centenary Tribute
  • Contains: Frontmatter
    CONTENTS
    PREFACE
    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
    Introductory essay
    Chapter 1. 'ONE OF US'
    The scholar and his time
    Chapter 2. AN INTELLECTUAL SELF-PORTRAIT
    Chapter 3. MAUSS'S JEWISH BACKGROUND
    Foundations of Maussian anthropology
    Chapter 4. A VAGUE BUT SUGGESTIVE CONCEPT
    Chapter 5. THE MAUSSIAN SHIFT
    Chapter 6. DERRIDA'S READING OF MAUSS
    Critiques of exchange and power
    Chapter 7. UNCERTAINTIES OF THE 'OBLIGATION TO RECIPROCATE'
    Chapter 8. MUTUAL DECEPTION
    Chapter 9. MODERN PHILANTHROPY
    Chapter 10. MAUSS, DUMONT, AND THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN STATUS AND POWER
    Materiality, body, history
    Chapter 11. THE CATEGORY OF SUBSTANCE
    Chapter 12. THE STUDY OF TECHNIQUES AS AN IDEOLOGICAL CHALLENGE
    Chapter 13. FORM, MOVEMENT, AND POSTURE IN MAUSS
    Chapter 14. MAUSS IN AFRICA
    SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
    A. Reading Mauss in French
    B. Work by Mauss available in English
    C. Selected secondary sources
    CONTRIBUTORS
    INDEX
  • Contributor: Allen, N. J. [MitwirkendeR]; Allen, N. J. [HerausgeberIn]; Dresch, Paul [MitwirkendeR]; Gofman, Alexander [MitwirkendeR]; Haroche, Claudine [MitwirkendeR]; James, Wendy [MitwirkendeR]; James, Wendy [HerausgeberIn]; Jenkins, Tim [MitwirkendeR]; Karsenti, Bruno [MitwirkendeR]; Mauss, Marcel [MitwirkendeR]; Nja, Wj. [MitwirkendeR]; Parry, Jonathan P. [MitwirkendeR]; Pickering, W. S. F. [MitwirkendeR]; Schlanger, Nathan [MitwirkendeR]; Silber, Ilana [MitwirkendeR]; Testart, Alain [MitwirkendeR]
  • imprint: New York; Oxford: Berghahn Books, [1998]
  • Published in: Methodology & History in Anthropology ; 1
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (256 p.)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1515/9781789205695
  • ISBN: 9781789205695
  • Identifier:
  • Keywords: Anthropology Philosophy Congresses ; Ceremonial exchange Congresses ; Gifts Congresses ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Methodology
  • Origination:
  • Footnote: In English
  • Description: 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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