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CivilisationEdte and wit an Introduction by Nathan Schlanger  \n# TECHNIQUES,TECHNOLOGY AND CIVILISATION\n\nMarcel Mauss  \nEdited and with an Introduction by Nathan Schlanger  \nMarcel Mausss writings on techniques and technology are at the forefront of an importantanthropological and sociological research tadition,and they also highlight the theoretical andideological challenges surrounding this field of study.A selection of Mausss texts -including hismajor statements on methodology,body techniques,practical reason,nation and civilisation,progress-are here translated and presented together for the first time,with a discusion oftheir context,impact and implications.This book will interest scholars and students dealing withthe French sociological tradition,and also more generally those concerned with technology andmaterial culture studies in archaeological,anthropological or contemporary setings.Nathan Schlanger is Research associate at the McDonald Insitute for ArchaeologicalResearch,University of Cambridge,and at.the Rock Art Research Institute,University of theWitwatersrand.Based in Paris,he coordinates the European-funded AREA project on thearchives and history of archaeology,and promotes international research and development at theInstitut national de recherches archeologiques preventives INRAP).He has recently publishedon André Leroi-Gourhan,technological concepts and the pracice of archaeology in colonialsettings,and he is currently launching a series entitled'Histories of Archaeology with BerghahnBooks.  \nAnthropology/Archaeology/SociologyISBN 1-57181-662-3Durkheim Press/Bergbabn BooksNEW YORK·OXFORDwww.berghahnbooks.com  \nDigitized by the Internet Archivein 2023 with funding fromKahle/Austin Foundation  \nhttps://archive.org/details/techniquestechno0000maus  \nTECHNIQUES,TECHNOLOGY ANDCIVILISATION  \nMarcel Mauss  \n# TECHNIQUES,\n\nTECHNOLOGY ANDCIVILISATION  \nEdited and introduced byNathan Schlanger  \nFirst published in 2006 byBerghahn Books  \nwww.berghahnbooks.com  \n◎ 2006 Durkheim Press  \nAll rights reserved.Except for the quotation of short passages for the purposesof criticism and review,no part of this book may be reproduced in any formor by any means,electronic or mechanical,including photocopying,recording,or any information storage and retrieval system now known or tobe invented,without written permission of the publisher.  \n# Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data\n\nA catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress  \nMauss,Marcel,1872-1950.[Selections.English.2006]Techniques,  \ntechnology and civilisation/Marcel Mauss;edited and introduced by NathanSchlanger.  \np.cm.  \nIncludes bibliographical references(p.)and index.  \nISBN 1-57181-662-3  \n1.Social sciences--France.2.Technology and civilization.I.Schlanger,Nathan.  \nH53.F7M392006303.48'3--dc22  \n2005043523  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication DataA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library  \nPrinted in the United States on acid-free paper  \nISBN1-57181-662-3 hardback  \nContents  \nPreface  \nvii  \nAcknowledgementsA Note on the Illustrations  \nxi  \nxiii  \nIntroduction.Technological Commitments:Marcel Mauss and1the Study of Techniques in the French Social SciencesNathan Schlanger  \nTexts  \n1 Technology(1901)31Emile Durkheim  \n2 Technology.Introduction(1903)33Henri Hubert  \n3 Note on the Concept of Civilisation(1913)35Emile Durkheim and Marcel Mauss4 The Nation(1920/1953,extracts)415 The Divisions of Sociology(1927,extracts)496 Debate on the Origins of Human Technology(1929)557 Civilisations.Their Elements and Forms(1929/1930)578 Fragment of a Plan of General Descriptive Sociology(on Tradition)75(1934,extract)  \n9 Techniques of the Body(1935)7710 Technology(1935/1947)97","cbCaioGM2jWzwMC5","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaioGM2jWzwMC5","pdf",9899597,198,"English","# Contents\n## Preface\n## A Note on the Illustrations\n## 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Technological Commitments: Marcel Mauss and the Study of Techniques in the French Social Sciences\n## Texts\n## 1 Technology (1901) - Emile Durkheim\n## 2 Technology. Introduction (1903) - Henri Hubert\n## 3 Note on the Concept of Civilisation (1913) - Emile Durkheim and Marcel Mauss\n## 4 The Nation (1920/1953, extracts)\n## 5 The Divisions of Sociology (1927, extracts)\n## 6 Debate on the Origins of Human Technology (1929)\n## 7 Civilisations. 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