| Description |
xii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Methodology and history in anthropology ; v. 1 |
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Methodology and history in anthropology ; v. 1
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| Contents |
1. 'One of us': Marcel Mauss and 'English' anthropology / Wendy James -- 2. An intellectual self-portrait / Marcel Mauss -- 3. Mauss's Jewish background: a biographical essay / W. S. F. Pickering -- 4. A vague but suggestive concept: the 'total social fact' / Alexander Gofman -- 5. The Maussian shift: a second foundation for sociology in France? / Bruno Karsenti -- 6. Derrida's reading of Mauss / Tim Jenkins -- 7. Uncertainties of the 'obligation to reciprocate': a critique of Mauss / Alain Testart -- 8. Mutual deception: totality, exchange, and Islam in the Middle East / Paul Dresch -- 9. Modern philanthropy: reassessing the viability of a Maussian perspective / Ilana Silber -- 10. Mauss, Dumont, and the distinction between status and power / Jonathan Parry -- 11. The category of substance: a Maussian theme revisited / N. J. Allen -- 12. The study of techniques as an ideological challenge: technology, nation, and humanity in the work of Marcel Mauss / Nathan Schlanger |
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13. Form, movement, and posture in Mauss: themes for today's anthropology / Claudine Haroche -- 14. Mauss in Africa: on time, history, and politics / Wendy James |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-251) and index |
| Subject |
Mauss, Marcel, 1872-1950 -- Congresses.
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Mauss, Marcel, 1872-1950.
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Anthropology -- Philosophy -- Congresses.
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Anthropology -- Philosophy.
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Ceremonial exchange -- Congresses.
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Ceremonial exchange.
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Gifts -- Congresses.
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Gifts.
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| Genre/Form |
Festschriften.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Allen, N. J.
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James, Wendy.
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Mauss, Marcel, 1872-1950.
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| LC no. |
98028121 |
| ISBN |
1571817034 (alk. paper) |
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1571817050 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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