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Marcel Mauss

Born

in Épinal, Vosges, France

May 10, 1872

Died

February 10, 1950

Genre

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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	The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies 3.90 avg rating — 3,894 ratings — published 1923 — 123 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A General Theory of Magic 3.80 avg rating — 350 ratings — published 1902 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sociologie et Anthropologie 4.17 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 1950 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les techniques du Corps 3.59 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 1934 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Manual of Ethnography (Publications of the Durkheim Press, 0) 3.93 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1947 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seasonal Variations of the Eskimo: A Study in Social Morphology by Marcel Mauss, James J. Fox (Translator) 3.48 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1905 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Soziologie und Anthropologie 2 3.84 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1950 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sociology and psychology: Essays 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1979	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Essais de sociologie 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1971 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La nation 3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1920 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“It is not simply to show power...that a man...throws coppers into the sea...In doing this he is also sacrificing to the gods and spirits...”
― Marcel Mauss, The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies

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“Care of the mouth. — Technique of coughing and of spitting. Here is a personal observation.
A little girl did not know how to spit and each of her colds was aggravated as a result. I gathered this information. In her father's village and in his family in particular, au Berry, no one knows how to spit. I taught her how to spit. I gave her four sous per spit. As she wanted to have a bicycle, she learned how to spit. She was the first in the family to know how to spit.

(Marcel Mauss, "Les techniques du corps," in Anthropologze et Sociologze. [Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1935, p. 383.)”
― Marcel Mauss, Les techniques du Corps

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“...the clan, the tribe, and the peoples have learned--as tomorrow, in our so-called civilized world, classes and nations and individuals too will have to learn--how to confront one another without massacring each other, and to give to each other without sacrificing themselves to the other. Herein lies on of the lasting secrets of their wisdom and their solidarity.”
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