The Category of the Person: Anthropology, Philosophy, History.

Preface 1. A category of the human mind: the notion of person the notion of self Marcel Mauss (translated by W.D. Halls) 2. The category of the person: a reading of Mauss's last essay N. J. Allen 3. Categories, concepts or predicaments? Remarks on Mauss's use of philosophical terminology Steven Collins 4. Marcel Mauss and the quest for the person in Greek biography and autobiography A. Momigliano 5. A modified view of our origins: the Christian beginnings of modern individualism Louis Dumont 6. Person and individual: some anthropological reflections J. S. La Fontaine 7. Self: public, provate. Some African representations Godfrey Lienhardt 8. Between the earth and heaven: conceptions of the self in China Mark Elvin 9. Purity and power among the Brahmans of Kashmir Alexis Sanderson 10. Of masks and men Martin Hollis 11. An alternative social history of the self Michael Carrithers 12 The person Charles Taylor Conclusion Steven Lukes Bibliography Index.