Marcel Mauss

The Gift

The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies
Übersetzung:Halls, W.D.

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Produktbeschreibung

In this, his most famous work, Marcel Mauss presented to the world a book which revolutionized our understanding of some of the basic structures of society. By identifying the complex web of exchange and obligation involved in the act of giving, Mauss called into question many of our social conventions and economic systems. In a world rife with runaway consumption, The Gift continues to excite and challenge.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Classics
• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 252g
• ISBN-13: 9780415267496
• ISBN-10: 0415267498
• Artikelnr.: 22276034

Autorenporträt

Marcel Mauss (1872 - 1950) As well as being a sociologist and anthropologist, Mauss was also a revolutionary socialist. Today his name is associated with the leading intellectual movement in France, MAUSS.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments Overview of the principle concepts of language testing Basic statistics and SPSS Validity Reliability Assessing reading Assessing writing Assessing oral proficiency Appendix: Selected standardized tests References Index

Rezensionen

'The Gift is quite undeniably the masterwork of Marcel Mauss, his most justly famous writing, and the work whose influence has been the deepest.' - Claude Lévi-Strauss

'The Gift is quite undeniably the masterwork of Marcel Mauss, his most justly famous writing, and the work whose influence has been the deepest.' - Claude Lévi-Strauss