Alain Caillé is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the Paris Nanterre University, where he founded and co-directed the Laboratory of Sociology, Philosophy and Political Anthropology (SOPHIAPOL). In 1982, he founded the Revue du MAUSS (Mouvement anti-utilitariste en sciences sociales), an international, interdisciplinary journal of social science and political philosophy. He is the honorary president of the International Convivialist Association and the author of several dozen books, including The Gift Paradigm: A Short Introduction to the Anti-Utilitarian Movement in Social Sciences. He holds a PhD in economics from the University of Panthéon-Sorbonne.