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Marcel Mauss

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born

May 10, 1872 in Épinal, Vosges, France

died

February 10, 1950

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male

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Social Sciences, Nonfiction

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Mauss was born in Épinal, Vosges to a Jewish family, and studied philosophy at Bordeaux, where his uncle Émile Durkheim was teaching at the time and agregated in 1893. Instead of taking the usual route of teaching at a lycée, however, Mauss moved to Paris and took up the study of comparative religion and the Sanskrit language. His first publication in 1896 marked the beginning of a prolific career that would produce several landmarks in the sociological literature.

Like many members of Année Sociologique Mauss was attracted to socialism, particularly that espoused by Jean Jaurès. He was particularly active in the events of the Dreyfus affair and towards the end of the century he helped edit such left-wing papers as le Populaire, l'Humanité a...more

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Average rating: 3.84 · 632 ratings · 45 reviews · 20 distinct works

	The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies 3.84 avg rating — 513 ratings — published 1950 — 17 editions	My rating:
	General Theory of Magic (Routledge Classics) by Marcel Mauss, Robert brain (Translator) 3.84 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1972 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Soziologie Und Anthropologie Ii 3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings	My rating:
	Techniques, Technology and Civilization 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Essais De Sociologie 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1971	My rating:
	Manual of Ethnography 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Seasonal Variations of the Eskimo: A Study in Social Morphology 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Zōyoron by Marcel Mauss, 吉田禎吾 (翻訳), 江川純一 (翻訳) 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	Sociology and Psychology: Essays 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1979	My rating:
	On Prayer by Marcel Mauss, Howard Morphy 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2003	My rating:

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