Marcel Mauss
French sociologist and anthropologist
Marcel 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. Wikipedia
Born: May 10, 1872, Épinal, France
Died: February 11, 1950 (age 77 years), Paris, France
Influenced by: Émile Durkheim, Jean Jaurès, and Denise Paulme
Influenced: Theodor W. Adorno, Jean Baudrillard, and Maurice Halbwachs
Uncle: Émile Durkheim
Parents: Gerson Mauss and Rosine Durkheim
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