Rosalind Morris publishes article on Marcel Mauss's theory of the nation in 'Grey Room'

Rosalind Morris's article, Impasses of the Nation: The Practical Political Philosophy of Marcel Mauss, has been published in Grey Room. 

January 23, 2026

Rosalind Morris's article, 'Impasses of the Nation: The Practical Political Philosophy of Marcel Mauss,' has been published in Grey Room as part of a special dossier on Marcel Mauss, with an excerpt from La Nation translated by Columbia anthropology alumna, Jasmine Pisapia, and Nicholas Elliott. The previous special issue of Grey Room, on 'State Effects,' also featured an article by Morris entitled Statements, Decisions, and State Effects: On the State of HistoryA full translation of Mauss's La Nation, which will be edited and accompanied by a forward by Morris, is now being prepared for Fordham University Press.