Categories and Classifications

Categories and ClassificationsMarcel Mauss (1872 1950), Durkheim's nephew, was a key figure among Durkheimians and helped to found the distinctive French tradition in the social sciences at the start of the 20th century. He dominated the teaching of social anthropology in Paris between the Wars, and his Essay on the Gift (1925) is a well established classic. However, it is only recently that the breadth and freshness of his oeuvre as a whole is being reassessed and is gaining

this is the central question of lyric politics

each of the twenty lessons is designed to stand alone for classroom or individual study

But his taste for freedom and fast-living proves much too strong

critical and very up-to-date account of the most important contemporary egalitarian theories

intimacy and sexuality

Both indigenous and Western attempts to theorise these formations are thoroughly reviewed in the early chapters of this book

Brimming with practical information

Provides brief

and eventually their integration in the Ethiopian state

health research

Describes the role

The text addresses the full range of client engagement