{"product_id":"techniques-technology-and-civilization-9781789208146","title":"Techniques, Technology and Civilization","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tMarcel 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 together for the first time, with a discussion of their context, impact and implications. This book will interest scholars and students dealing with the French sociological tradition, and also more generally those concerned with technology and material culture studies in archaeological,anthropological or contemporary settings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The appearance of these two essays… in English for the first time attests to the continuing interest in Marcel Mauss and the fact that re-readings of his work still provide not only fertile ground for new interpretations of the Durkheimian school in general, but also a source of inspiration for scholars approaching Mauss as a remarkably contemporary voice still speaking in many ways to current issues in sociology and anthropology.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tPreface\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \tA Note on the Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/b\u003e Technological Commitments: Marcel Mauss and the Study of Techniques in the French Social Sciences\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eNathan Schlanger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTexts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e Technology (1901)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eEmile Durkheim\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e Technology. Introduction (1903)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eHenri Hubert\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e Note on the Concept of Civilisation (1913)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eEmile Durkheim\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMarcel Mauss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e The Nation (1920\/1953, extracts)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e The Divisions of Sociology (1927, extracts)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e Debate on the Origins of Human Technology (1929)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003e Civilisations, Their Elements and Forms (1929\/1930)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/b\u003e Fragment of a Plan of General Descriptive Sociology (on Tradition) (1934, extract)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/b\u003e Techniques of the Body (1935)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/b\u003e Technology (1935\/1947)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/b\u003e Conceptions Which Have Preceded the Notion of Matter (1939)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/b\u003e Techniques and Technology (1941\/1948)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBiographical Notes\u003cbr\u003e \tGeneral Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042564964695,"sku":"9781789208146","price":22.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789208146.jpg?v=1750954661","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/techniques-technology-and-civilization-9781789208146","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}