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Primitive Classification presents a foundational study in sociological theory by Emile Durkheim and Marcel Mauss, first published in English in 1963. This influential work examines how the individual mind develops classification systems and traces the origins of the classificatory function within society itself. Through detailed analysis of symbolic classification among Australian aborigines, the Zuni people, and traditional Chinese cultures, Durkheim and Mauss establish critical connections between social structures and symbolic ordering. The authors argue that classification modes are fundamentally determined by societal form, shaping how humans conceptualise space, time, and hierarchy. Part of the Routledge Revivals series, this scholarly text remains essential reading for anthropologists, sociologists, and students of social theory seeking to understand how societies organise knowledge and create meaning through classification systems.

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Durkheim and Mauss examine classificatory functions across Australian aboriginal, Zuni, and traditional Chinese societies in this foundational text.

The work demonstrates formal correspondence between social structures and symbolic classification systems through intensive cross-cultural analysis.

First published in English in 1963, this Routledge Revivals edition preserves the original influential contribution to sociological theory.

Primitive Classification explores how space, time, and hierarchy are culturally constructed through societal classification modes.

Essential resource for anthropology and sociology students examining the relationship between social form and cognitive organisation.

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14 October 2009
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