Series · 10 Sept 2019D. Pagani / M. Clouscard's reply to C. Morilhat • Part Two- 57:03The GiftThe gift obliges and presupposes a counter-gift: it is a poisoned present. Without it, no Lévi-Strauss.
Mauss
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Who is this?Marcel Israël Mauss (French: [mos]; 10 May 1872 – 10 February 1950) was a French sociologist and anthropologist known as the "father of French ethnology". The nephew of Émile Durkheim, Mauss, in his academic work, crossed the boundaries between sociology and anthropology. Today, he is perhaps better recognised for his influence on the latter discipline, particularly with respect to his analyses of topics such as magic, sacrifice and gift exchange in different cultures around the world. Mauss had a significant influence upon Claude Lévi-Strauss, the founder of structural anthropology. […]
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Series · 10 Sept 2019D. Pagani / M. Clouscard's reply to C. Morilhat • Part Two
Season 8 · 23 Jul 2020#15 • Return to the logics of the subject- 25:08Covid as a "total social phenomenon."
Series · 5 Jul 2018Being and Code- 25:06Cited in the French school of sociology.