SOCIOLOGIST

Marcel Mauss

1872 - 1950

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Marcel Israël Mauss (French: [mos]; 10 May 1872 – 10 February 1950) 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. Today, he is perhaps better recognised for his influence on the latter discipline, particularly with respect to his analyses of topics such as magic, sacrifice and gift exchange in different cultures around the world. Mauss had a significant influence upon Claude Lévi-Strauss, the founder of structural anthropology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marcel Mauss is the 10th most popular sociologist (up from 11th in 2019), the 611th most popular biography from France (down from 532nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Sociologist.

Marcel Mauss is most famous for his book The Gift, which he wrote in 1925. In this book, he argues that gift-giving is the fundamental basis of human society.

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Marcel Mauss ranks 10 out of 79. Before him are Theodor W. Adorno, Anthony Giddens, Robert K. Merton, Georg Simmel, Erving Goffman, and Talcott Parsons. After him are Norbert Elias, Ulrich Beck, Karl Mannheim, Immanuel Wallerstein, Niklas Luhmann, and Gabriel Tarde.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Marcel Mauss ranks 16. Before him are Johan Huizinga, Edith Wilson, Emil Hácha, Léon Blum, Paul Langevin, and Anton Denikin. After him are Djemal Pasha, Maurice Gamelin, Sergei Diaghilev, Louis Blériot, Sri Aurobindo, and Jože Plečnik. Among people deceased in 1950, Marcel Mauss ranks 13. Before him are Norman Haworth, Vaslav Nijinsky, Albert Lebrun, Léon Blum, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, and Heinrich Mann. After him are Karl Renner, George Minot, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Willis Carrier, Sri Aurobindo, and Émile Jaques-Dalcroze.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marcel Mauss ranks 611 out of 6,770. Before him are Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne (1611), Nadia Boulanger (1887), William Wyler (1902), Marcel Lefebvre (1905), Peter II of Courtenay (1155), and Claude Chabrol (1930). After him are Marine Le Pen (1968), Gabriel Marcel (1889), Samuel de Champlain (1567), Boris Vian (1920), Albert Uderzo (1927), and Paul Doumer (1857).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In France

Among sociologists born in France, Marcel Mauss ranks 3. Before him are Émile Durkheim (1858), and Pierre Bourdieu (1930). After him are Gabriel Tarde (1843), Alain Touraine (1925), Marcel Granet (1884), Henri Hubert (1872), and Loïc Wacquant (1960).

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