In one work, he claimed the title concept was part of a "system of total prestation" imbued with "spiritual mechanisms."
This man's work was questioned by James Laidlaw, who used examples of Jains in a rebuttal. His most notable work shares a title with a Lewis Hyde book subtitled Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property. This writer discussed the Maori concept of taonga and the potential loss of mana. With an older relative, this man co-wrote the book Primitive Classification. In one work, he claimed the title concept was part of a "system of total prestation" imbued with "spiritual mechanisms." The nephew of Emile Durkheim and teacher of Claude Levi-Strauss, this man's most famous book describes such rituals as the potlatch system and argues that loss of status emerges with failure to engage in reciprocal exchange. For 10 points, name this French sociologist who wrote The Gift.
This man's work was questioned by James Laidlaw, who used examples of Jains in a rebuttal.
Marcel Mauss