De Lévi-Strauss a M.A.U.S.S. - Movimento antiutilitarista nas ciências sociais: Itinerários do dom

Abstract

Studies on the gift offer an invaluable contribution to the current social theory, surpassing utilizations offered by the structural anthropology. They are relevant for rethinking the social and politics allowing a deep dialog with many other thinking currents. In reevaluating the gift today, especially from the standpoint of new contemporary versions on the theme, such as the one offered by the so-called M.A.U.S.S. - Movimento Antiutilitarista nas Ciências Sociais (Anti-Utilitarian Movement in the Social Sciences), another comprehension of the French sociological school of is uncovered, particularly Marcel Mauss, the first one to systematize the studies on the gift.