Foundations of sociological thought - culture and personality

4 important questions on Foundations of sociological thought - culture and personality

What was Mauss' core idea?


The idea that gift giving and establishing debts helps to build social networks and achieve social cohesion.

According Mauss' article is gift giving a part of....?


Article: gift giving in primitive societies is often part of political and social obligations reflecting or expressing the societies underlying social structure.

What is the relation with Mauss' gift exchange and Durkheims social fact?


Gift exchange is the material expressions of Durkheims social fact and is used to forge and maintain alliances and replicate the division between people involved in them.
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Webers contribution to social science

• Epistemological: because they deal with cultural phenomena, Social Sciences are
necessarily interpretative (great source of inspiration for Geertz’s interpretative
Anthropology)
• Lifestyle: consumption for social distinction
• Ethnicity concepts: beliefs, boundaries, social reproduction
• Rationalisation: bureaucratisation and disenchantment
• Party is different from political party, refers to a group of people striving for political
power.
• Agency: individual vs structure
• Power and leadership: charismatic, traditional and bureaucratic forms of dominance.

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