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Marcel Mauss – uczeń, badacz, nauczyciel
Marcel Mauss – student, researcher, teacher

Author(s): Emilia Wieczorkowska
Subject(s): Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: grupakulturalna.pl
Keywords: Marcel Mauss; Émile Durkheim; sociology; ethnology; Jews in France;

Summary/Abstract: The article introduces the social and cultural context in which the author of The Gift lived. Marcel Mauss is presented in relation with Émile Durkheim, the founder of The French School of Sociology and Mauss’ close relative. With the passing of time Mauss – not rejecting his uncle’s theories – became the independent researcher, recognized as a founder of French ethnology.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 10-26
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish