The gift : the form and reason for exchange in archaic societies / Marcel Mauss ; with an introduction by Mary Douglas.

By:

Mauss, Marcel

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: engfre Series: Routledge classicsPublication details: London : Routledge, 2002.Description: xxiii, 199 p. ; 20 cmISBN:

041526748X
0415267498 (PBK.)

Uniform titles:

Essai Sur le Don

Subject(s):

Gifts

DDC classification:

394 MAU

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	394 MAU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	2	Available		39002000231234
Standard Loan	Moylish Library Main Collection	394 MAU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002000205279

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

Includes notes on the text (p. 108-191).

Includes Name Index (p. 192-195) and Subject Index (p. 196-199).

Translation of: Essai sur le don.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

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.