Categories and classifications : Maussian reflections on the social / N.J. Allen
2000, 1st edition. New York : Berghahn Books. SIGNED. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #324795
ISBN: 1571818243
Physical description: 165 pages. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-158) and index. Contents: 1. Category of the person: a reading of Mauss's last essay 19 -- 2. Primitive classification: the argument and its validity 39 -- 3. Division of labour and the notion of primitive society 61 -- 4. Effervescence and the origins of human society 75 -- 5. Mauss and the categories 91 -- 6. Reflections on Mauss and classification 101 -- 7. Magic, religion and Indo-European ideology 117. Subjects: Mauss, Marcel 1872-1950. Ethnology Philosophy. Classification. Anthropology - General. Social Sciences.
Genre: Bibliography.
Price: €25.00