Marcel Mauss is a famous French sociologist and anthropologist. He has made highly creative comparative studies on the relationship between exchange forms and social structure. His views on ethnographic theory and methods have also influenced many sociologists. This collection of essays compiles his most extensive collection of first-rate sociological monographs. His "On Gifts" is a very influential work, which focuses on the exchange and contract forms of indigenous peoples in Melanesia, Polynesia, northwest North America and other places, and discusses the religious, legal, economic, mythological and other aspects of giving, acceptance and repayment. It typically embodies his "seeing the big from the small" method of studying social phenomena. The publication of this collection of papers provides great convenience for sociological researchers to study and consult.
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This book is well worth reading! Marcel Mauss is a famous French sociologist and anthropologist. His research is very in-depth and he has profound insights into the relationship between exchange forms and social structure. The essays in this rich volume cover the religious, legal, economic, mythological, and other aspects of exchange and contracting among indigenous peoples in Melanesia, Polynesia, and northwestern North America, as well as the religious, legal, economic, mythological, and other aspects of acts of giving, receiving, and repaying. His unique research method allows us to gain a deeper understanding of social phenomena by seeing the big from the small.
This book is well worth reading! Marcel Mauss is a famous French sociologist and anthropologist. His research is very in-depth and he has profound insights into the relationship between exchange forms and social structure. The essays in this rich volume cover the religious, legal, economic, mythological, and other aspects of exchange and contracting among indigenous peoples in Melanesia, Polynesia, and northwestern North America, as well as the religious, legal, economic, mythological, and other aspects of acts of giving, receiving, and repaying. His unique research method allows us to gain a deeper understanding of social phenomena by seeing the big from the small.