Sacrifice: Its Nature and Functions

by Marcel Mauss and Henri Hubert

Book Overview

Marcel Mauss was the nephew and most distinguished pupil of mile Durkheim, whose review L'Ann e sociologique he helped to found and edit. Henri Hubert was another member of the group of sociologists who developed under the influence of Durkheim.

The present book is one of the best-known essays pulbished in L'Ann e sociologique and has been regarded as a model for method and mode of interpretation. Its subject is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226356795
• ISBN13: 9780226356792
• Release Date: December 1981
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"