Marcel Mauss
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[I]n these 'early' societies, social phenomena are not discrete; each phenomenon contains all the threads of which the social fabric is composed.
— p. 1
Marcel Mauss (* 10. Mai 1872 in Épinal; † 10. Februar 1950 in Paris) war ein französischer Soziologe, Ethnologe und Religionswissenschaftler.
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[I]n these 'early' societies, social phenomena are not discrete; each phenomenon contains all the threads of which the social fabric is composed.
The connection of exchange contracts among men with those between men and gods explains a whole aspect of the theory of sacrifice.
Among the first groups of beings with whom men must have made contracts were the spirits of the dead and the gods. They in fact are the real owners of the world's wealth.
Sacrificial destruction implies giving something that is to be repaid. All forms of North-West American and North-East Asian potlatch contain this element of destruction.
We see how it might be possible to embark upon a theory and history of contractual sacrifice.
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