Marcel Mauss
Marcel Mauss (May 10, 1872- February 10, 1950) was a French sociologist best known for his role in elaborating on and securing the legacy of his uncle, Émile Durkheim and the Annee Sociologique. His most famous work is The Gift, on reciprocity and gift economies among "uncivilized peoples".
References
- Fournier, Marcel. 1994. Marcel Mauss. Fayard: Paris (the definitive biography in French).
- Gregory, C. A. 1982. Gifts and Commodities. London.
- Gregory, C. A. 1997. Savage money: the anthropology and politics of commodity exchange. Amsterdam: Harwood Academic, 1997.
- Laidlaw, J. 2000. ‘A free gift makes no friends’ Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 6:617-634.
- Mauss, M. 1990. The Gift: forms and functions of exchange in archaic societies. London: Routledge.
- Testart, A. 1998. 'Uncertainties of the 'Obligation to Reciprocate': A Critique of Mauss' in Marcel Mauss: A Centenary Tribute James, W. and Allen, N. J. (eds.). New York: Berghahn Books.
- Moebius, Stephan/Papilloud, Christian (Ed.). 2005. Gift ? Marcel Mauss' Kulturtheorie der Gabe. Wiesbaden: VS.
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