Techniques, Technology and Civilization

by Marcel Mauss

Marcel 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571816623
• ISBN13: 9781571816627
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"