On Durkheim's Elementary Forms of Religious Life
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On Durkheim's Elementary Forms of Religious Life

N. J. Allen, W. S. F. Pickering, W. Watts Miller

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On Durkheim's Elementary Forms of Religious Life

N. J. Allen, W. S. F. Pickering, W. Watts Miller

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This is the first collection of essays to be published on Durkheim's masterpiece The Elementary Forms of Religious Life. It represents the work of the most important international Durkheim scholars from the fields of anthropology, philosophy and sociology. The essays focus on key topics including:
* the method Durkheim adopted in his study
* the role of ritual and belief in society
* the nature of contemporary religion
The contributors also explore cutting-edge debates about the notion of the soul and collective rituals.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2012
ISBN
9781134715015
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Sociology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title Page
  3. series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Contents
  7. List of Contributors
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Explanatory note
  10. Introduction
  11. 1 Spencer and Gillen in Durkheim The theoretical constructions of ethnography
  12. 2 Did Lucien Levy-Bruhl Answer the Objections Made in Les Formes Elementaires?
  13. 3 Religion and Science in The Elementary Forms
  14. 4 The Concept of Belief in the Elementary Forms
  15. 5 Durkheim, Kant, The Immortal Soul and God
  16. 6 The Cult of Images Reading Chapter VII, Book II, of The Elementary Forms
  17. 7 Durkheim and Sacred Identity
  18. 8 Rescuing Durkheim's ‘Rites' from the Symbolizing Anthropologists
  19. 9 Durkheim's Bourgeois Theory of Sacrifice
  20. 10 Memory and The Sacred The cult of anniversaries and commemorative rituals in the light of The Elementary Forms
  21. 11 Effervescence, Differentiation and Representation in The Elementary Forms
  22. 12 Effervescence and the Origins of Human Society
  23. 13 Change, Innovation, Creation Durkheim's ambivalence
  24. 14 Durkheim on the Causes and Functions of the Categories
  25. 15 Durkheim and a Priori Truth Conformity as a philosophical problem
  26. reference
  27. Index
  28. Index
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APA 6 Citation

[author missing]. (2012). On Durkheim’s Elementary Forms of Religious Life (1st ed.). Taylor and Francis. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/716579/on-durkheims-elementary-forms-of-religious-life-pdf (Original work published 2012)

Chicago Citation

[author missing]. (2012) 2012. On Durkheim’s Elementary Forms of Religious Life. 1st ed. Taylor and Francis. https://www.perlego.com/book/716579/on-durkheims-elementary-forms-of-religious-life-pdf.

Harvard Citation

[author missing] (2012) On Durkheim’s Elementary Forms of Religious Life. 1st edn. Taylor and Francis. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/716579/on-durkheims-elementary-forms-of-religious-life-pdf (Accessed: 26 September 2021).

MLA 7 Citation

[author missing]. On Durkheim’s Elementary Forms of Religious Life. 1st ed. Taylor and Francis, 2012. Web. 25 Sept. 2021.