Table of Contents

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.