CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE ix
4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xi
5. Introductory essay
6. Chapter 1. ‘ONE OF US’ 3
7. The scholar and his time
8. Chapter 2. AN INTELLECTUAL SELF-PORTRAIT 29
9. Chapter 3. MAUSS’S JEWISH BACKGROUND 43
10. Foundations of Maussian anthropology
11. Chapter 4. A VAGUE BUT SUGGESTIVE CONCEPT 63
12. Chapter 5. THE MAUSSIAN SHIFT 71
13. Chapter 6. DERRIDA’S READING OF MAUSS 83
14. Critiques of exchange and power
15. Chapter 7. UNCERTAINTIES OF THE ‘OBLIGATION TO RECIPROCATE’ 97
16. Chapter 8. MUTUAL DECEPTION 111
17. Chapter 9. MODERN PHILANTHROPY 134
18. Chapter 10. MAUSS, DUMONT, AND THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN STATUS AND POWER 151
19. Materiality, body, history
20. Chapter 11. THE CATEGORY OF SUBSTANCE 175
21. Chapter 12. THE STUDY OF TECHNIQUES AS AN IDEOLOGICAL CHALLENGE 192
22. Chapter 13. FORM, MOVEMENT, AND POSTURE IN MAUSS 213
23. Chapter 14. MAUSS IN AFRICA 226
24. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
25. A. Reading Mauss in French 249
26. B. Work by Mauss available in English 250
27. C. Selected secondary sources 251
28. CONTRIBUTORS 252
29. INDEX 254