Marcel Mauss learning under Durkheim at Bordeaux led to them doing work together called Primitive Classification which was published in the Annee Sociologi In this work, Mauss and Durkheim were attempting to make a french version of the sociology of knowledge. Mauss and Durkheim wished to demonstrate the different ways of human thought.. The work by these two looked to show how these conceived thoughts of space and time is connected back to societal patterns. They focused their study on tribal societies because they felt it would be easier for them to get an in depth study.