Synopsis
Emile Durkheim and Marcel Mauss maintain that society is the source of the very categories of human thought. First published in the Année Sociologique in 1903, this classic essay has been translated by Rodney Needham, who also provides a critical introduction.
"[Primitive Classification] will impress the reader with its quiet elegance, its direct, logical form, its clarity of style, its spirit of careful, yet bold, exploration."—Harry Alpert, American Journal of Sociology
"Particularly instructive for anyone who wonders what social anthropology is: how, if at all, it differs from sociology and whether it has any unifying theoretical problem."—F. K. Lehman, American Sociological Review
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This book is particularly instructive for anyone who wonders what social anthropology is: how, if at all, it differs from sociology and whether it has any unifying theoretical problem.
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Marcel Mauss (1870–1950) was a French sociologist and founding figure of twentieth-century anthropology.
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Cohen & West Ltd., London, UK, 1963
ISBN 10: 0710013159
ISBN 13: 9780710013156
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Hardcover. First Edition UK, so stated. Hardback: Lacks DJ. Very Good: Book shows light wear to extremities, heaviest at lower front corner, which has just worn through to board; slight spine lean; former owner's rubber stamp at front pastedown; binding secure; text clean. Overall, remains a clean, sturdy, presentable copy. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. xlviii, 96pp. Text in English. Translated, with an Introduction by Rodney Needham. Hardback: Lacks DJ. Seller Inventory # 28583
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Primitive Classification
Published by
Cohen & West Ltd., 1963
ISBN 10: 0710013159
ISBN 13: 9780710013156
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