Elementary Forms of the Religious Life

Name: Elementary Forms of the Religious Life
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ISBN: 9780029079362

ISBN-10: 0029079365

ISBN-13: 9780029079362

Edition: 1995

Authors: ï¿½mile Durkheim, Karen E. Fields

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"Karen Fields has given us a splendid new translation of the greatest work of sociology ever written, one we will not be embarrassed to assign to our students. In addition she has written a brilliant and profound introduction. The publication of this translation is an occasion for general celebration, for a veritable 'collective effervescence.' -- Robert N. Bellah "Co-author of "Habits of the Heart," and editor of "Emile Durkheim on Morality and Society" "This superb new translation finally allows non-French speaking American readers fully to appreciate Durkheim's genius. It is a labor of love for which all scholars must be grateful." --Lewis A. Coser

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Free Press
Binding: Children's Board Books
Pages: 500
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 2.046
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Abbreviations


Translator's Introduction: Religion as an Eminently Social Thing


Introduction: Subject of the Study: Religious Sociology and the Theory of Knowledge


Preliminary Questions


Definition of Religious Phenomena and of Religion


The Leading Conceptions of the Elementary Religion: Animism


The Leading Conceptions of the Elementary Religion (Continuation): Naturism


Totemism as Elementary Religion: Review of the Question. Method of Treating It


The Elementary Beliefs


The Principal Totemic Beliefs: The Totem as Name and as Emblem


The Principal Totemic Beliefs (Continued): The Totemic Animal and Man


The Principal Totemic Beliefs (Continued): The Cosmological System of Totemism and the Notion of Kind


The Principal Totemic Beliefs (End): The Individual Totem and the Sexual Totem


Origins of These Beliefs: Critical Examination of the Theories


Origins of These Beliefs (Continued): The Notion of Totemic Principle, or Mana, and the Idea of Force


Origins of These Beliefs (Conclusion): Origin of the Notion of Totemic Principle, or Mana


The Notion of Soul


The Notion of Spirits and Gods


The Principal Modes of Ritual Conduct


The Negative Cult and Its Functions: The Ascetic Rites


The Positive Cult: The Elements of the Sacrifice


The Positive Cult (Continuation): Mimetic Rites and the Principle of Causality


The Positive Cult (Continuation): Representative or Commemorative Rites


The Piacular Rites and the Ambiguity of the Notion of the Sacred


Conclusion


Index