Marcel Mauss (1872 - 1950) French anthropologist and sociologist, author of The Gift, and, with Emile Durkheim, Primitive Classification.
'It is enough to recall that Mauss' influence is not limited to
ethnographers, none of whom could claim to have escaped it, but
extends also to linguists, psychologists, historians or religion
and orientalists.' - Claude Lévi-Strauss
'Marcel Mauss, Emile Durkheim's nephew and most distinguished
pupil, was a man of unusual ability and learning, and also of
integrity and strong conviction. After Durkheim's death he was the
leading figure in French sociology.' - Sir E.E. Evans-Pritchard
'It is enough to recall that Mauss' influence is not limited to
ethnographers, none of whom could claim to have escaped it, but
extends also to linguists, psychologists, historians or religion
and orientalists.' - Claude Lévi-Strauss
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