The Category of the Person : Anthropology, Philosophy, History

Collins, Steven
Cambridge University Press
9780521277570
0-521-27757-4

A lecture given by Marcel Mauss in 1938, brings about this compilation of comments on his speculation that notions of the person, rather than being primarily philosophical or psychological, have a complex.

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social and ideological origin. Societies ranging from Ancient Greece, India, and China to modern Africa and Papua New Guinea are discussed.