“This correspondence which I would have liked to have been more regular was precisely intended to allow me to follow you and to prevent you from working without a goal. One must always have in view a project to carry out.”
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Marcel Mauss
Marcel Israël Mauss was a French sociologist and anthropologist known as the "father of French ethnology". The nephew of Émile Durkheim, Mauss, in his academic work, crossed the boundaries between sociology and anthropology. Today, he is perhaps better recognised for his influence on the latter discipline, particularly with respect to his analyses of topics such as magic, sacrifice and gift exchan…
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Born 10 May 1872 · Died 10 February 1950 · Q295393
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I’m the one [your mother] asked to train you. I trained you according to my ideals. One must accept the consequences of what one desired. She is free to regret it, but she cannot hold it against you.
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2026· 2 entries
“I’m the one [your mother] asked to train you. I trained you according to my ideals. One must accept the consequences of what one desired. She is free to regret it, but she cannot hold it against you.”
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2023· 1 entry
insider.si.edu: Marcel Mauss : a centenary tribute / edited by Wendy James and N.J. Allen
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1950· 1 entry
Died 1950-02-10.
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1940· 1 entry
Mauss was forced out of his job as the Chair of Sociology and out of Paris due to the German occupation and anti-Semitic legislation passed
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1931· 1 entry
Mauss was elected as the first holder of the Chair of Sociology in the Collège de France, and soon after he married his secretary in 1934 who soon was bedridden after a poisonous gas incident
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1924· 1 entry
Career landmark: president (1924–1927).
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1901· 1 entry
Mauss was appointed to the Chair of the History of Religions of Non-Civilized Peoples at the École pratique des hautes études
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1899· 1 entry
Argued that sacrifice is a process involving sacralising and desacralising
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1896· 1 entry
Marked the beginning of a prolific career that would produce several landmarks in sociological literature
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1890· 1 entry
Who was preparing for his degree in philosophy at Bordeaux
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1887· 1 entry
Émile Durkheim was appointed to the Université de Bordeaux
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1872· 1 entry
Born 1872-05-10.
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