# Marcel Mauss - The Gift // 180 (unlock)

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Published: 2026-04-10T14:40:02+00:00
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## Resource

Find All Episodes ad-free at https://www.patreon.com/c/plasticpills. We read the eminent The Gift (https://amzn.to/3NAenx3) by Marcel Mauss which is important to later theorists including Georges Bataille, Jean Baudrillard, and Jacques Derrida. (originally recorded 08/24)

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