The Gift as Social Theory: From Mauss to Mauss
In this lecture, I will introduce a less known strand of French theory, but which is gaining in international influence. Starting from Marcel Mauss (Durkheim’s nephew) and his “Essay on the Gift”, a group of scholars assembled under the banner of the MAUSS (Anti-utilitarian movement in the social sciences) have developed a fresh and powerful theoretical perspective that aims to restore the complexity of social facts.
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