The Gift

The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies

Marcel Mauss, W.D. Halls, W. D. Halls

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French

Routledge
11 October 2001

Society & Social Sciences; Social groups; Social & cultural anthropology

Series: Routledge Classics

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.

By: Marcel Mauss
Translated by: W.D. Halls, W. D. Halls
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 252g
ISBN: 9780415267496
ISBN 10: 0415267498
Series: Routledge Classics
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 11 October 2001
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies

'The Gift is quite undeniably the masterwork of Marcel Mauss, his most justly famous writing, and the work whose influence has been the deepest.' -Claude Lévi-Strauss