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The Gift by Marcel Mauss 9781666739374
RRP: £14.00Booksplease Price: £10.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666739374Author Marcel MaussFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher... -
The Gift by Marcel Mauss 9781666739381
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £22.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666739381Author Marcel MaussFormat HardbackPage Count 130Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher... -
The Manual of Ethnography Marcel Mauss 9781845456825
RRP: £23.95Booksplease Price: £21.16"In the wake of considerable recent biographical attention to Marcel Mauss in English-language publications, it is fitting that works by him still available only in French appear in translation... -
The Manual of Ethnology by Marcel Mauss 9781845453213
RRP: £104.00Booksplease Price: £85.16Marcel Mauss (1872-1950) was the leading social anthropologist in Paris between the world wars, and his "Manuel D'ethnographie", dating from that period, is the longest of all his texts... -
A General Theory of Magic by Marcel Mauss
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £14.69First written by Marcel Mauss and Henri Humbert in 1902, A General Theory of Magic gained a wide new readership when republished by Mauss in 1950. As a study of magic in 'primitive' societies and its... -
Marcel Mauss: A Biography by Marcel Fournier
RRP: £38.00Booksplease Price: £31.60This book is the first intellectual biography of Marcel Mauss (1872-1950), the father of modern ethnology and a leading early figure in the French school of sociology. Mauss left a rich intellectual... -
The Gift - Expanded Edition Marcel Mauss 9780990505006
RRP: £13.00Booksplease Price: £11.96Scan 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... -
Techniques, Technology and Civilization by Marcel Mauss 9781789208146
RRP: £23.95Booksplease Price: £21.16Marcel Mauss's writings on techniques and technology are at the forefront of an important anthropological and sociological research tradition, and they also highlight the theoretical and ideological... -
On Prayer: Text and Commentary by Marcel Mauss 9781571816337
RRP: £23.95Booksplease Price: £21.16"There is much of interest in this well-presented volume. Mauss's careful discussion of differences among types of oral rites - incantations, spells, invocations - remains instructive." * ... -
Reintroducing Marcel Mauss by Christian Papilloud 9781032447643
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £37.99This reintroduction to the life and work of Marcel Mauss highlights his coherent and original thought both as an academic and an engaged intellectual of his time. Since his work regained attention in... -
A General Theory of Magic by Marcel Mauss 9780415255509
RRP: £105.00Booksplease Price: £92.37First written by Marcel Mauss and Henri Humbert in 1902, A General Theory of Magic gained a wide new readership when republished by Mauss in 1950. As a study of magic in 'primitive' societies and its... -
Marcel Mauss: A Centenary Tribute Wendy James 9781571817037
RRP: £104.00Booksplease Price: £85.16Marcel Mauss, successor of Emile Durkheim and one-time teacher of Claude Levi-Strauss, continues to inspire social scientists across various disciplines. Only selected texts of Mauss's work have been... -
Introduction to the Work of Marcel Mauss by Claude Levi-Strauss
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £38.37First published in 1987. Claude Levi-Strauss is one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century, a leading exponent of structuralism and a great social anthropologist. His Introduction to the... -
Marcel Mauss: A Centenary Tribute Wendy James 9781571817051
RRP: £27.95Booksplease Price: £24.36Marcel Mauss, successor of Emile Durkheim and one-time teacher of Claude Levi-Strauss, continues to inspire social scientists across various disciplines. Only selected texts of Mauss's work have been... -
The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies by Marcel Mauss 9780415267489
RRP: £99.99Booksplease Price: £88.07In 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... -
The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies by Marcel Mauss 9780415267496
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £14.71In 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... -
The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies by Marcel Mauss 9780393320435
RRP: £15.95Booksplease Price: £10.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780393320435Author Marcel MaussFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint W. W. Norton & CompanyPublisher... -
The Gift: Forms and Functions of Exchange in Archaic Societies by Marcel Mauss 9781614271239
Booksplease Price: £12.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614271239Author Marcel MaussFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Martino Fine BooksPublisher... -
The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies by Marcel Mauss 9781647997410
Booksplease Price: £21.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647997410Author Marcel MaussFormat HardbackPage Count 148Imprint Bibliotech PressPublisher... -
The Gift the Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies by Marcel Mauss 9781618952332
Booksplease Price: £12.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781618952332Author Marcel MaussFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Bibliotech PressPublisher... -
An Analysis of Marcel Mauss's The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies The Macat Team 9781912128587
Booksplease Price: £6.68Marcel Mauss's 1925 essay The Gift is an enduring classic of sociological and anthropological analysis by a thinker who is one of the founding fathers of modern anthropology. The Gift exploits... -
Politics of the Gift: Towards a Convivial Society by Frank Adloff 9781529226232
RRP: £27.99Booksplease Price: £25.54At the heart of capitalism lies the idea of 'homo economicus': an ever-rational human being motivated by self-interest which arguably leads societies to economic prosperity. Drawing on French... -
Regulation of Speech in Multicultural Societies by Marcel Maussen
RRP: £30.99Booksplease Price: £28.64This book focuses on the way in which public debate and legal practice intersect when it comes to the value of free speech and the need to regulate "offensive", "blasphemous" or "hate" speech,... -
Politics of the Gift: Towards a Convivial Society by Frank Adloff
RRP: £85.00Booksplease Price: £69.80At the heart of capitalism lies the idea of 'homo economicus': an ever-rational human being motivated by self-interest which arguably leads societies to economic prosperity. Drawing on French... -
Regulation of Speech in Multicultural Societies by Marcel Maussen 9781138860155
RRP: £99.99Booksplease Price: £87.29This book focuses on the way in which public debate and legal practice intersect when it comes to the value of free speech and the need to regulate "offensive", "blasphemous" or "hate" speech,... -
The Reparable and the Irreparable: Being Human in the Age of Vulnerability by Johann Michel 9781666906868
Booksplease Price: £85.65Since the mid-twentieth century, Western societies have seen an unprecedented increase in movements, demands, and policies in favor of reparations. The historical catastrophes that shook the last... -
Reciprocity in Human Societies: From Ancient Times to the Modern Welfare State by Antti Kujala 9783030071417
Booksplease Price: £21.68Presenting new insights into reciprocity, this book combines Marcel Mauss's well-known gift theory with Barrington Moore's idea of mutual obligations linking rulers and the ruled. Teasing out the... -
Health, Culture and Society: Conceptual Legacies and Contemporary Applications by Elizabeth Ettorre 9783319607856
Booksplease Price: £102.20This book traces the history of formative, enduring concepts, foundational in the development of the health disciplines. It explores existing literature, and subsequent contested applications... -
In the Museum of Man: Race, Anthropology, and Empire in France, 1850-1950 by Alice L. Conklin 9780801478789
RRP: £31.00Booksplease Price: £26.32In the Museum of Man offers new insight into the thorny relationship between science, society, and empire at the high-water mark of French imperialism and European racism. Alice L. Conklin takes us... -
Seamus Heaney's Gifts Henry Hart 9780807182567
RRP: £32.00Booksplease Price: £27.40The fact of the matter,"" Seamus Heaney said in a 1997 interview with the Paris Review, ""is that the most unexpected and miraculous thing in my life was the arrival in it of poetry."" Throughout his... -
Fifty Key Sociologists: The Formative Theorists by John Scott
RRP: £33.99Booksplease Price: £31.52Covering the life, work, ideas and impact of some of the most significant thinkers in sociology, Fifty Key Sociologists: The Formative Theorists concentrates on figures in the field writing... -
Fifty Key Sociologists: The Formative Theorists by John Scott 9780415352574
RRP: £120.00Booksplease Price: £107.03Covering the life, work, ideas and impact of some of the most significant thinkers in sociology, Fifty Key Sociologists: The Formative Theorists concentrates on figures in the field writing... -
Fifty Key Anthropologists by Robert James Gordon
RRP: £125.00Booksplease Price: £111.35Fifty Key Anthropologists surveys the life and work of some of the most influential figures in anthropology. The entries, written by an international range of expert contributors, represent the... -
Durkheim and After: The Durkheimian Tradition, 1893-2020 Philip Smith (University of Queensland, Australia) 9781509518289
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £17.03Emile Durkheim's major works are among the founding texts of the discipline of sociology, but his importance lies also in his immense legacy and subsequent influence upon others. In this book, Philip... -
A Short History of Sociology by Heinz Maus
RRP: £58.99Booksplease Price: £52.94Originally published in English in 1962, this book presents in clear language an account of the growth of sociology from its earliest roots in the Enlightenment, through the 19th century philosophers... -
Religion in the Neoliberal Age: Political Economy and Modes of Governance by Francois Gauthier 9781138274921
RRP: £55.99Booksplease Price: £49.89This book, together with a complementary volume 'Religion in Consumer Society', focuses on religion, neoliberalism and consumer society; offering an overview of an emerging field of research in the... -
Princeton Readings in Religion and Violence by Mark Juergensmeyer 9780691129143
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £25.21This groundbreaking anthology provides the most comprehensive overview for understanding the fascinating relationship between religion and violence - historically, culturally, and in the contemporary... -
Classical Readings on Culture and Civilization Stephen Mennell 9780415105170
RRP: £35.99Booksplease Price: £33.23In recent times, especially under the influence of postmodernism, culture has often been construed as a critique of modernity. This wide-ranging and comprehensive collection of readings shows that... -
Visions of Power: Imagining Medieval Japanese Buddhism by Bernard Faure 9780691029412
RRP: £52.00Booksplease Price: £41.96Bernard Faure's previous works are well known as guides to some of the more elusive aspects of the Chinese tradition of Chan Buddhism and its outgrowth, Japanese Zen. Continuing his efforts to look... -
The Thing about Religion: An Introduction to the Material Study of Religions by David Morgan 9781469662831
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £17.46Common views of religion typically focus on the beliefs and meanings derived from revealed scriptures, ideas, and doctrines. David Morgan has led the way in radically broadening that framework to...