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Marcel Mauss, successor of Emile Durkheim and one-time teacher of Claude Levi-Strauss, continues to inspire social scientists across various disciplines. Only selected texts of Mauss's work have been translated into English, but of these, some, as for instance his "Essay on the Gift," have proved of key significance for the development of anthropology internationally. Recently and starting in France, the interest in Mauss's work has increased noticeably as witnessed by several reassessments of its relevance to current social theory. This collection of original essays is the first to introduce the English-language reader to the current re-evaluation of his ideas in continental Europe. Themes include the post-structuralist appraisal of "exchange", the anthropology of the body, practical techniques, gesture systems, the notions of substance, materiality, and the social person. There are fresh insights into comparative politics and history, modern forms of charity, and new readings of some political and historical aspects of Mauss's work that bear on the analysis of regions such as Africa and the Middle East, relatively neglected by the Durkheimian school and by structuralism. This volume is a timely tribute to mark the centenary of Mauss' early work and confirms the continuing relevance of his ideas.

Cadeaux --- Echange cérémoniel --- Echange cérémoniel --- Anthropology --- Ceremonial exchange --- Gifts --- Donations --- Presents --- Generosity --- Manners and customs --- Free material --- Gift exchange --- Exchange --- Rites and ceremonies --- Human beings --- Philosophy --- Mauss, Marcel, --- Mauss, Marcel --- Gifts. --- Ceremonial exchange. --- Anthropologie --- Philosophy. --- Philosophie --- Primitive societies --- Anthropology - Philosophy - Congresses --- Gifts - Congresses --- Ceremonial exchange - Congresses --- Mauss, Marcel, - 1872-1950. --- Social sciences

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This is the first collection of essays to be published on Durkheim's masterpiece The elementary forms of religious life. It represents the work of the most important international Durkheim scholars from the fields of anthropology, philosophy and sociology. The essays focus on key topics including: the method Durkheim adopted in his study, the role of ritual and belief in society, and the nature of contemporary religion. The contributors also explore cutting-edge debates about the notion of the soul and collective rituals.

Religion. --- Totemism. --- Endogamy and exogamy --- Ethnology --- Mythology --- Religion --- Taboo --- Religion, Primitive --- Atheism --- Irreligion --- Religions --- Theology --- Durkheim, Émile, --- Totemism --- 291 --- 316.2 DURKHEIM, EMILE --- 316:2 --- 316.2 DURKHEIM, EMILE Sociologische richtingen. Sociologische scholen. Sociologen--DURKHEIM, EMILE --- Sociologische richtingen. Sociologische scholen. Sociologen--DURKHEIM, EMILE --- Godsdienstwetenschap: vergelijkend --- Godsdienstsociologie --- Durkheim, Emile, --- 316:2 Godsdienstsociologie --- Durkheim, Emile, - 1858-1917. - Formes élémentaires de la vie religieuse --- Emile Durkheim --- ethnography --- religion and science --- belief --- philosophy