Fabio Dei is Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the University of Pisa. His main focus is on the epistemology of social sciences, and his reseaerch deals with themes of folk and mass culture in contemporary Italy. In the realm of studies on gift, he has coordinated a study funded by AVIS Tuscany on blood donations among migrants: its title is Il sangue degli altri. Culture della donazione fra gli immigrati stranieri in Italia (2007). Dei has also edited two books: Culture del dono (with M. Aria), published by Meltemi in 2008), and Il dono del sangue. Per un’antropologia dell’altruismo (with M. Aria, G. L. Mancini), published by Pacini in 2008. His books include: Ragione e forme di vita. Razionalità e relativismo in antropologia (with A. Simonicca), published by Franco Angeli in 1990; La discesa agli inferi: J. G. Frazer nella cultura del Novecento (Argo, 1998); Beethoven e le mondine. Ripensare la cultura popolare (2003), Antropologia della violenza (2005), both published by Meltemi. His new book, Introduzione all’antropologia culturale, is about to be published by il Mulino.