Techniques, Technology and Civilization

Techniques, Technology and CivilizationMarcel Mauss's writings on techniques and technology are at the forefront of an important anthropological and sociological research tradition, and they also highlight the theoretical and ideological challenges surrounding this field of study. A selection of Mauss's texts including his major statements on methodology, on body techniques, on practical reason, on nation and civilisation, on progress, and so forth are here translated and presented

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