Nature of Sociology
Having taken over the leadership of the French school of sociology after the death of his uncle, Emile Durkheim, in 1917, Mauss, celebrated author of The Gift, re-launched the flagship journal, the Année sociologique. Here are two of Mauss''s most significant statements on the social sciences. The first, written with Fauconnet, outlines the methodological orientations of the school. The second exa...
Having taken over the leadership of the French school of sociology after the death of his uncle, Emile Durkheim, in 1917, Mauss, celebrated author of The Gift, re-launched the flagship journal, the Année sociologique. Here are two of Mauss''s most significant statements on the social sciences. The first, written with Fauconnet, outlines the methodological orientations of the school. The second exa...
