Scan down a list of essential works in any introduction to anthropology course and you are likely to see to see Marcel Mauss’s masterpiece,__Essay on the Gift__. With this new translation, this crucial essay is returned to its original context, published alongside the profound works that framed its first publication in the 1923–24 issue of__L’Année Sociologique__. With a critical foreword by Jonathan Parry and Maurice Bloch, this is certain to become the standard English version of this important anthropological work. Included alongside the “Essay on the Gift” are Mauss’s memorial accounts of the work of colleagues lost during World War I, as well as his scholarly reviews of influential contemporaries such as Franz Boas, James George Frazer, Bronislaw Malinowski, Alfred Radcliffe-Brown, and others. Read in the context of these additional pieces, the “Essay on the Gift” is revealed as a complementary whole, a gesture of both personal and political generosity: his honor for his fallen colleagues; his aspiration for modern society’s recuperation of the gift as a mode of repair; and his own careful, yet critical, reading of his intellectual milieu. The result sets the scene for a whole new generation of readers to study this essay alongside pieces that exhibit the erudition, political commitment, and generous collegial exchange that first nourished it into life.

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The Gift : Expanded Edition

Guyer, Jane I.; Mauss, Marcel; Guyer, Jane I.

Marcel Mauss, Jane I. Guyer, Bill Maurer

MARCEL, 1872-1950 MAUSS

University of Chicago Press

Chicago Distribution Center (CDC Presses), Chicago, 2015

United States, United States of America

Expanded edition, Chicago, 2016

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Scan Down A List Of Essential Works In Any Introduction To Anthropology Course And You Are Likely To See Marcel Mauss Masterpiece, The Gift. With This New Translation, Mauss Classic Essay Is Returned To Its Original Context, Published Alongside The Works That Framed Its First Publication In The 1923-24 Issue Of Lannee Sociologique. With A Critical Foreword By Bill Maurer And A New Introduction By Translator Jane Guyer, This Extended Edition Is Certain To Become The Standard English Version Of The Essay And Gift That Keeps On Giving. Included Alongside The Essay On The Gift Are Mauss{u2019} Memorial Accounts Of The Work Of Emile Durkheim And His Colleagues Who Were Lost During World War I, As Well As His Scholarly Reviews Of Influential Contemporary Such As Franz Boas, J.g. Frazer, Bronislaw Malinowski, And Others. Read In The Context Of These Additional Pieces, The ?essay On The Gift? Is Revealed As A Complimentary Whole, A Gesture Of Both Personal And Political Generosity: Mauss{u2019} Honor For His Fallen Colleagues; His Inspiration For Modern Societies Recuperation Of The Gift As A Mode Of Repair; And His Own Careful, Yet Critical, Reading Of His Intellectual Milieu. The Result Sets The Scene For A Whole New Generation Of Readers To Study This Essay Alongside Pieces That Exhibit The Erudition, Political Commitment, And Generous Collegial Exchange That First Nursed The Essay Into Life. --cover. Foreword -- Translator's Introduction -- Part I. In Memoriam. In Memoriam: The Unpublished Work Of Durkheim And His Collaborators -- Part Ii. Essay On The Gift: The Form And Sense Of Exchange In Archaic Societies -- Part Iii. Selected Reviews. Marcel Mauss ; Selected, Annotated, And Translated By Jane I. Guyer ; Foreword By Bill Maurer. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Translated From The French.

Scan down a list of essential works in any introduction to anthropology course and you are likely to see Marcel Mauss’ masterpiece, The Gift. With this new translation, Mauss’ classic essay is returned to its original context, published alongside the works that framed its first publication in the 1923–24 issue of L’Année Sociologique. With a critical foreword by Bill Maurer and a new introduction by translator Jane Guyer, this expanded edition is certain to become the standard English version of the essay—a gift that keeps on giving. Included alongside the “Essay on the Gift” are Mauss’ memorial accounts of the work of Émile Durkheim and his colleagues who were lost during World War I, as well as his scholarly reviews of influential contemporaries such as Franz Boas, J. G. Frazer, Bronislaw Malinowski, and others. Read in the context of these additional pieces, the “Essay on the Gift” is revealed as a complementary whole, a gesture of both personal and political generosity: Mauss’ honor for his fallen colleagues; his aspiration for modern society’s recuperation of the gift as a mode of repair; and his own careful, yet critical, reading of his intellectual milieu. The result sets the scene for a whole new generation of readers to study this essay alongside pieces that exhibit the erudition, political commitment, and generous collegial exchange that first nourished the essay into life.-- providedbypublisher

Scan down a list of essential works in any introduction to anthropology course and you are likely to see to see Marcel Mauss’s masterpiece, Essay on the Gift . With this new translation, this crucial essay is returned to its original context, published alongside the profound works that framed its first publication in the 1923–24 issue of L’Année Sociologique . With a critical foreword by Jonathan Parry and Maurice Bloch, this is certain to become the standard English version of this important anthropological work.
Included alongside the “Essay on the Gift” are Mauss’s memorial accounts of the work of colleagues lost during World War I, as well as his scholarly reviews of influential contemporaries such as Franz Boas, James George Frazer, Bronislaw Malinowski, Alfred Radcliffe-Brown, and others. Read in the context of these additional pieces, the “Essay on the Gift” is revealed as a complementary whole, a gesture of both personal and political generosity: his honor for his fallen colleagues; his aspiration for modern society’s recuperation of the gift as a mode of repair; and his own careful, yet critical, reading of his intellectual milieu. The result sets the scene for a whole new generation of readers to study this essay alongside pieces that exhibit the erudition, political commitment, and generous collegial exchange that first nourished it into life.

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