Revue du MAUSS 2010/2 No 36
Journal article

“The Fleeting Moment When Society Sets”

The Gift, as the Part and the Whole

Pages 521 to 538

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  • CHANIAL, Philippe,
2010. “The Fleeting Moment When Society Sets” The Gift, as the Part and the Whole. Revue du MAUSS, 2010/2 No 36, p.521-538. DOI : 10.3917/rdm.036.0521. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-revue-du-mauss-2010-2-page-521?lang=en.
  • Chanial, Philippe.
« “The Fleeting Moment When Society Sets” : The Gift, as the Part and the Whole ». Revue du MAUSS, 2010/2 No 36, 2010. p.521-538. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-revue-du-mauss-2010-2-page-521?lang=en.
  • Chanial, P.
(2010). “the Fleeting Moment When Society Sets” the Gift, As the Part and the Whole. Revue du MAUSS, No 36(2), 521-538. https://doi.org/10.3917/rdm.036.0521.

https://doi.org/10.3917/rdm.036.0521

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Cite this article

  • Chanial, P.
(2010). “the Fleeting Moment When Society Sets” the Gift, As the Part and the Whole. Revue du MAUSS, No 36(2), 521-538. https://doi.org/10.3917/rdm.036.0521.
  • Chanial, Philippe.
« “The Fleeting Moment When Society Sets” : The Gift, as the Part and the Whole ». Revue du MAUSS, 2010/2 No 36, 2010. p.521-538. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-revue-du-mauss-2010-2-page-521?lang=en.
  • CHANIAL, Philippe,
2010. “The Fleeting Moment When Society Sets” The Gift, as the Part and the Whole. Revue du MAUSS, 2010/2 No 36, p.521-538. DOI : 10.3917/rdm.036.0521. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-revue-du-mauss-2010-2-page-521?lang=en.

https://doi.org/10.3917/rdm.036.0521

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According to Mauss, the gift is firstly a specific kind of “prestation sociale” or social service. But it is more than this : the “bedrock, ” the “human foundation on which society is built.” This paper aims to articulate these two dimensions of the gift – as a part and as a whole – in order to formalize a maussian typology of human relationships.

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https://doi.org/10.3917/rdm.036.0521

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