Essai sur le don
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Essai sur le don is a foundational anthropological and sociological essay by Marcel Mauss that analyzes gift-giving as a key system of social exchange and obligation in archaic societies.
All labels observed (1)
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| Essai sur le don canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7734484 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Essai sur le don Context triple: [Marcel Mauss, notableWork, Essai sur le don]
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Les Mots et les choses
Les Mots et les choses is a major 1966 philosophical work by Michel Foucault that analyzes the historical conditions shaping the human sciences and systems of knowledge.
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B.
L’Esprit Nouveau
L’Esprit Nouveau was an influential early 20th-century avant-garde magazine co-founded by Le Corbusier that promoted modernist ideas in art, architecture, and design.
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C.
La Condition humaine
La Condition humaine is a 1933 existential and political novel by André Malraux set during the 1927 Chinese revolution, exploring human destiny, commitment, and revolutionary struggle.
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Essais sur l’art
Essais sur l’art is a collection of critical writings on art by French Post-Impressionist painter and theorist Émile Bernard, reflecting his aesthetic ideas and debates with contemporaries like Gauguin and Cézanne.
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E.
La Notion de Conscience
"La Notion de Conscience" is an essay by philosopher and psychologist William James that explores the nature and role of consciousness within his framework of radical empiricism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Essai sur le don Target entity description: Essai sur le don is a foundational anthropological and sociological essay by Marcel Mauss that analyzes gift-giving as a key system of social exchange and obligation in archaic societies.
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A.
Les Mots et les choses
Les Mots et les choses is a major 1966 philosophical work by Michel Foucault that analyzes the historical conditions shaping the human sciences and systems of knowledge.
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B.
L’Esprit Nouveau
L’Esprit Nouveau was an influential early 20th-century avant-garde magazine co-founded by Le Corbusier that promoted modernist ideas in art, architecture, and design.
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C.
La Condition humaine
La Condition humaine is a 1933 existential and political novel by André Malraux set during the 1927 Chinese revolution, exploring human destiny, commitment, and revolutionary struggle.
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D.
Essais sur l’art
Essais sur l’art is a collection of critical writings on art by French Post-Impressionist painter and theorist Émile Bernard, reflecting his aesthetic ideas and debates with contemporaries like Gauguin and Cézanne.
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E.
La Notion de Conscience
"La Notion de Conscience" is an essay by philosopher and psychologist William James that explores the nature and role of consciousness within his framework of radical empiricism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anthropological essay
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book ⓘ sociological essay ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
economic anthropology
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social theory ⓘ |
| analyzes |
kula ring
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potlatch ⓘ |
| author | Marcel Mauss ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
obligation to give
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obligation to receive ⓘ obligation to reciprocate ⓘ total social fact ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| describes |
gift as a system of exchange
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gift as creating social solidarity ⓘ |
| field |
anthropology
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sociology ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
L’Année sociologique
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linked to:
L’Année sociologique circle
|
| genre | academic essay ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | The Gift ⓘ |
| hasForm | monograph-length essay ⓘ |
| influenced |
Alain Caillé
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Claude Lévi-Strauss ⓘ Marshall Sahlins ⓘ Maurice Godelier ⓘ Pierre Bourdieu ⓘ social exchange theory ⓘ theories of reciprocity ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Bronisław Malinowski
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Franz Boas ⓘ Émile Durkheim ⓘ |
| keyTerm |
hau
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prestations totales ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
archaic societies
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gift exchange ⓘ reciprocity ⓘ social obligation ⓘ |
| movement | Durkheimian sociology ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Essai sur le don ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1925 ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
classic of sociological theory
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foundational text in anthropology ⓘ |
| theme |
economy and morality
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non-market exchange ⓘ relationship between gifts and social bonds ⓘ |
| timePeriodDiscussed |
archaic societies
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traditional societies ⓘ |
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