Essai sur le don

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Essai sur le don is a foundational anthropological and sociological essay by Marcel Mauss that analyzes gift-giving as a key system of social exchange and obligation in archaic societies.

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instanceOf anthropological essay
book
sociological essay
academicDiscipline economic anthropology
social theory
analyzes kula ring
potlatch
author Marcel Mauss NERFINISHED
centralConcept obligation to give
obligation to receive
obligation to reciprocate
total social fact
countryOfOrigin France
describes gift as a system of exchange
gift as creating social solidarity
field anthropology
sociology
firstPublishedIn L’Année sociologique NERFINISHED
genre academic essay
hasEnglishTitle The Gift NERFINISHED
hasForm monograph-length essay
influenced Alain Caillé NERFINISHED
Claude Lévi-Strauss NERFINISHED
Marshall Sahlins NERFINISHED
Maurice Godelier NERFINISHED
Pierre Bourdieu NERFINISHED
social exchange theory NERFINISHED
theories of reciprocity
influencedBy Bronisław Malinowski NERFINISHED
Franz Boas NERFINISHED
Émile Durkheim NERFINISHED
keyTerm hau
prestations totales
language French
mainSubject archaic societies
gift exchange
reciprocity
social obligation
movement Durkheimian sociology NERFINISHED
originalTitle Essai sur le don NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1925
recognizedAs classic of sociological theory
foundational text in anthropology
theme economy and morality
non-market exchange
relationship between gifts and social bonds
timePeriodDiscussed archaic societies
traditional societies

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