Despite presupposing a dichotomy between magic and religion, this man ultimately laid the groundwork for removing it in A General Theory of Magic, a work co-authored with Henri Hubert.
Maurice Godelier criticized this man for failing to consider the aspect of production in a work on "The Enigma of" a text by this thinker. His uncompleted doctoral thesis, On Prayer, defines prayer as a religious rite which is oral and bears directly on the sacred and attempts to distinguish it from incantation. In a work coauthored by this man, he discusses an impersonal power source of Melanesia from which the "sacred" derives, (*) mana. Despite presupposing a dichotomy between magic and religion, this man ultimately laid the groundwork for removing it in A General Theory of Magic, a work co-authored with Henri Hubert. His most famous work was a large influence behind Levi-Strauss' structural anthropology and describes the titular concept of"total prestation," in which the passing on of wealth imposes an obligation to reciprocate. For 10 points, name this French sociologist who wrote The Gift.
Maurice Godelier criticized this man for failing to consider the aspect of production in a work on "The Enigma of" a text by this thinker.
Marcel Mauss