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The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies

The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies - Paperback

by Marcel Mauss
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Availability:In StockContributor:Marcel Mauss, W. D. Halls (Translator)Series:Routledge ClassicsPublish date:2001-10-11Pages:224
Language:EnglishPublisher:RoutledgeISBN-13:9780415267496ISBN-10:415267498UPC:9780415267496Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Anthropology, Customs & TraditionsSize:7.81 x 5.06 x 0.48 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCSM4K6CB0

In this, his most famous work, Marcel Mauss presented to the world a book which revolutionized our understanding of some of the basic structures of society. By identifying the complex web of exchange and obligation involved in the act of giving, Mauss called into question many of our social conventions and economic systems. In a world rife with runaway consumption, The Gift continues to excite and challenge.

Language:EnglishPublisher:RoutledgeISBN-13:9780415267496ISBN-10:415267498UPC:9780415267496Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Anthropology, Customs & TraditionsSize:7.81 x 5.06 x 0.48 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCSM4K6CB0

Marcel Mauss (1872 - 1950) As well as being a sociologist and anthropologist, Mauss was also a revolutionary socialist. Today his name is associated with the leading intellectual movement in France, MAUSS.


Publisher: Routledge

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2nd Edition

Contributor(s)

Marcel Mauss, W. D. Halls (Translator)

Author

Marcel Mauss

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