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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
"In the wake of considerable recent biographical attention to
Marcel Mauss in English-language publications, it is fitting that
works by him still available only in French appear in translation.
The Manual of Ethnography has been expertly translated by Dominique
Lussier, and appropriately edited and introduced by N. J. Allen.
This historically important document, ... reflects the youthful
moment of modern anthropology when the questions and subjects of
this discipline came to depend on rigorous collection of material
from field research... an important historical document in the
context of Mauss's teaching of anthropology and in the originary
hopes for ethnography. Highly recommended." . George Marcus in
Choice
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 English. This contrasts with his essays, longer and
shorter, many of which have long enjoyed the status of classics
within anthropology. We are therefore pleased to present, in the
English language for the first time, this extraordinary work that
is based on the more than thirty lectures Mauss delivered each year
under the title "Instructions in descriptive ethnography, intended
for travelers, administrators and missionaries." Despite his dates,
Mauss's treatment of fundamental questions, such as how to
conceptualize and classify the range of social phenomena known to
us from history and ethnography, has lost none of its
freshness."
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 English. This contrasts with his essays, longer and
shorter, many of which have long enjoyed the status of classics
within anthropology. We are therefore pleased to present, in the
English language for the first time, this extraordinary work that
is based on the more than thirty lectures Mauss delivered each year
under the title Instructions in descriptive ethnography, intended
for travelers, administrators and missionaries. Although some
elements of his lectures have dated, the fundamental questions he
explores concerning the range and classification of social
phenomena he formulates and explores have lost nothing of their
freshness and urgency.
Seasonal Variations of the Eskimo is one of the first books in
anthropology to adopt a sociological approach to the analysis of a
single society. Mauss links elements of anthropology and human
geography, arguing that geographical factors should be considered
in relation to a social context in all its complexity.
The work is an illuminating source on the Eskimo and a proto-type
of what an anthropologist should do with ethnographic data and
exerted considerable influence on the development of social
anthropology.
English translation first published in 1979.
In this, his most famous work, Marcel Mauss (1872-1950) presented
to the world a book which revolutionized our understanding of some
of the basic structures of society. A renowned anthropologist,
Mauss sought in this work to transcend empirical observation and
reach deeper realities. In so doing, he inaugurated a new era for
the social sciences.;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. As
L'evi-Strauss remarked, "Few have managed to read it without
feeling the whole gamut of the emotions: the pounding heart, the
throbbing head, the mind flooded with the imperious, though not yet
definable, certainty of being present at a decisive event in the
evolution of science."
Seasonal Variations of the Eskimo is one of the first books in
anthropology to adopt a sociological approach to the analysis of a
single society. Mauss links elements of anthropology and human
geography, arguing that geographical factors should be considered
in relation to a social context in all its complexity. The work is
an illuminating source on the Eskimo and a proto-type of what an
anthropologist should do with ethnographic data and exerted
considerable influence on the development of social anthropology.
English translation first published in 1979.
First written by Marcel Mauss and Henri Humbert in 1902, A General Theory of Magic gained a wide new readership when republished by Mauss in 1950. As a study of magic in 'primitive' societies and its survival today in our thoughts and social actions, it represents what Claude Lévi-Strauss called, in an introduction to that edition, the astonishing modernity of the mind of one of the century's greatest thinkers. The book offers a fascinating snapshot of magic throughout various cultures as well as deep sociological and religious insights still very much relevant today. At a period when art, magic and science appear to be crossing paths once again, A General Theory of Magic presents itself as a classic for our times.
In this influential work, first published in English in 1963,
Durkheim and Mauss claim that the individual mind is capable of
classification and they seek the origin of the 'classificatory
function' in society. On the basis of an intensive examination of
forms and principles of symbolic classification reported from the
Australian aborigines, the Zuni and traditional China, they try to
establish a formal correspondence between social and symbolic
classification. From this they argue that the mode of
classification is determined by the form of society and that the
notions of space, time, hierarchy, number, class and other such
cognitive categories are products of society. Dr Needham's
introduction assesses the validity of Durkhiem and Mauss's
argument, traces its continued influence in various disciplines,
and indicates its analytical value for future researches in social
anthropology.
In this influential work, first published in English in 1963,
Durkheim and Mauss claim that the individual mind is capable of
classification and they seek the origin of the 'classificatory
function' in society. On the basis of an intensive examination of
forms and principles of symbolic classification reported from the
Australian aborigines, the Zuni and traditional China, they try to
establish a formal correspondence between social and symbolic
classification. From this they argue that the mode of
classification is determined by the form of society and that the
notions of space, time, hierarchy, number, class and other such
cognitive categories are products of society.
Dr Needham's introduction assesses the validity of Durkhiem and
Mauss's argument, traces its continued influence in various
disciplines, and indicates its analytical value for future
researches in social anthropology.
Scan down a list of essential works in any introduction to
anthropology course and you are likely to see to see Marcel Mauss's
masterpiece, Essay on the Gift. With this new translation, this
crucial essay is returned to its original context, published
alongside the profound works that framed its first publication in
the 1923-24 issue of L'Annee Sociologique. With a critical foreword
by Maurice Godelier, this is certain to become the standard English
version of this important anthropological work. Included alongside
the "Essay on the Gift" are Mauss's memorial accounts of the work
of colleagues lost during World War I, as well as his scholarly
reviews of influential contemporaries such as Franz Boas, James
George Frazer, Bronislaw Malinowski, Alfred Radcliffe-Brown, and
others. Read in the context of these additional pieces, the "Essay
on the Gift" is revealed as a complementary whole, a gesture of
both personal and political generosity: his honor for his fallen
colleagues; his aspiration for modern society's recuperation of the
gift as a mode of repair; and his own careful, yet critical,
reading of his intellectual milieu. The result sets the scene for a
whole new generation of readers to study this essay alongside
pieces that exhibit the erudition, political commitment, and
generous collegial exchange that first nourished it into life.
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The Gift (Hardcover)
Marcel Mauss; Translated by Ian Cunnison; E.E. Evans-Pritchard
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"Classical Durkheimian Studies of Myth and the Sacred" presents
English translations of several important essays, some never before
translated, by members of the famous Annee sociologique group
around Emile Durkheim. These works by Marcel Mauss, Henri Hubert,
and Robert Hertz are key contributions to today s growing interest
in and reinterpretation of Durkheimian thought on culture,
religion, and symbolism. The central thrust in this new
interpretive effort uses the Durkheimian theory of the sacred to
understand the symbolism and meanings of cultural structures and
narratives more generally. This book is vital to any contemporary
collection emphasizing social theory.Durkheim indicated in "The
Elementary Forms" that the sacred would certainly transform itself
in modernity, although he limited his conjecture as to precisely
how it would do so to some brief remarks on popular political
manifestations of collective effervescence and sacred symbolic
production. Much contemporary work in cultural sociology has made
use of this observation by Durkheim to postulate new manifestations
of the sacred in secular cultural forms. The texts translated here
show how thoroughly such efforts can be rooted in the work emerging
in the original Durkheimian school during its heyday in the first
two decades of the 20th century. "
In this, his most famous work, Marcel Mauss (1872-1950) presented
to the world a book which revolutionized our understanding of some
of the basic structures of society. A renowned anthropologist,
Mauss sought in this work to transcend empirical observation and
reach deeper realities. In so doing, he inaugurated a new era for
the social sciences 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. As
L'evi-Strauss remarked, "Few have managed to read it without
feeling the whole gamut of the emotions: the pounding heart, the
throbbing head, the mind flooded with the imperious, though not yet
definable, certainty of being present at a decisive event in the
evolution of science."
Die in dieser zweibandigen Ausgabe zusammengefassten Aufsatze von
Marcel Mauss haben nicht nur in der Soziologie zahlreiche Arbeiten
massgeblich beeinflusst. Der lange im Schatten seines Onkels Emile
Durkheim stehende franzoesische Sozialwissenschaftler ist heute
weltweit so aktuell wie noch nie zuvor.
Die in dieser zweibandigen Ausgabe zusammengefassten Aufsatze von
Marcel Mauss haben nicht nur in der Soziologie zahlreiche Arbeiten
massgeblich beeinflusst. Der lange im Schatten seines Onkels Emile
Durkheim stehende franzoesische Sozialwissenschaftler ist heute
weltweit so aktuell wie noch nie zuvor.
First written by Marcel Mauss and Henri Humbert in 1902, A General Theory of Magic gained a wide new readership when republished by Mauss in 1950. As a study of magic in 'primitive' societies and its survival today in our thoughts and social actions, it represents what Claude Lévi-Strauss called, in an introduction to that edition, the astonishing modernity of the mind of one of the century's greatest thinkers. The book offers a fascinating snapshot of magic throughout various cultures as well as deep sociological and religious insights still very much relevant today. At a period when art, magic and science appear to be crossing paths once again, A General Theory of Magic presents itself as a classic for our times.
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The Gift (Paperback)
Marcel Mauss; Translated by Ian Cunnison; E.E. Evans-Pritchard
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2011 Reprint of 1954 American Edition. Full facsimile of the
original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software.
This is perhaps the first systematic study of the custom,
widespread in primitive societies from ancient Rome to present-day
Melanesia, of exchanging gifts. The gift is conceived as a
transaction forming part of all human, personal relationships
between individuals and groups. These gift exchanges are at the
same time moral, economic, juridical, aesthetic, religious,
mythological and social phenomena. A classic work.
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