Categories and classifications : Maussian reflections on the social /
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| Author / Creator: | Allen, N. J. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Berghahn Books, 2000. |
| Description: | 165 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Methodology and history in anthropology ; v. 8 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4443460 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1.. The category of the person: a reading of Mauss's last essay
- 2.. Primitive classification: the argument and its validity
- 3.. The division of labour and the notion of primitive society
- 4.. Effervescence and the origins of human society
- 5.. Mauss and the categories
- 6.. Reflections on Mauss and classification
- 7.. Magic, religion and Indo-European ideology
- Appendix 1
- Bibliography
- Index