Marcel Mauss

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Marcel Mauss was a pioneering French sociologist and anthropologist best known for his seminal work on gift exchange and social reciprocity, which profoundly shaped structuralist and modern social theory.

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Label Occurrences
Marcel Mauss canonical 7

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf academic
anthropologist
essayist
human
sociologist
causeOfDeath natural causes
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1872-05-10
dateOfDeath 1950-02-10
educatedAt University of Bordeaux
École pratique des hautes études
employer Collège de France
École pratique des hautes études
ethnicGroup French Jews
familyName Mauss
fieldOfWork anthropology
economic anthropology
ethnology
religious studies
sociology
genre anthropological theory
social theory
givenName Marcel
hasAcademicDiscipline comparative religion
history of religions
influenced Claude Lévi-Strauss
Maurice Godelier
Pierre Bourdieu
economic anthropology
structural anthropology
influencedBy Henri Hubert
Émile Durkheim
knownFor concept of total social fact
influence on modern social theory
influence on structuralism
theory of gift exchange
theory of reciprocity
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned French
memberOf L’Année sociologique circle
movement Durkheimian sociology
surface form: Durkheimian school

French sociology
name Marcel Mauss self-link
nationality French
notableWork A General Theory of Magic
Essai sur le don
Manuel d’ethnographie
Anthropology
surface form: Sociologie et anthropologie

The Gift
placeOfBirth France
Vosges Mountains
surface form: Vosges

Épinal
placeOfDeath Paris
positionHeld chair of sociology at Collège de France
professor of sociology
relative Émile Durkheim
religion Judaism
sexOrGender male
studentOf Émile Durkheim
workLocation Paris

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Subject: Marcel Mauss
Description of subject: Marcel Mauss was a pioneering French sociologist and anthropologist best known for his seminal work on gift exchange and social reciprocity, which profoundly shaped structuralist and modern social theory.

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Claude Lévi-Strauss influencedBy Marcel Mauss
Émile Durkheim influenced Marcel Mauss
Émile Durkheim relative Marcel Mauss
Marcel Mauss name Marcel Mauss self-link
Louise Dreyfus motherOf Marcel Mauss
Louise Dreyfus relative Marcel Mauss
Jean Baudrillard influencedBy Marcel Mauss