Elementary Forms of the Religious Life

Name: Elementary Forms of the Religious Life
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ISBN: 9780029080108

ISBN-10: 002908010X

ISBN-13: 9780029080108

Edition: N/A

Authors: ï¿½mile Durkheim, Joseph W. Swain

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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

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Publisher: Free Press
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 507
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.27" long
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Introduction


Note on the Text


Select Bibliography


A Chronology of Emile Durkheim


Map


The Elementary Forms of Religious Life


Introduction


A Definition of the Religious Phenomenon and of Religion


The Leading Conceptions of Elementary Religion: I. Animism


The Leading Conceptions of Elementary Religion: II. Naturism


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


Central Totemic Beliefs: I. The Totem as Name and Emblem


Central Totemic Beliefs: II. The Totemic Animal and Man


Central Totemic Beliefs: III. The Cosmological System of Totemism and the Notion of Genus


Central Totemic Beliefs: IV. The Individual Totem and the Sexual Totem


The Origins of These Beliefs: I. A Critical Examination of the Theories


The Origins of These Beliefs: II. The Notion of the Totemic Principle or Mana, and the Idea of Force


The Origins of These Beliefs: III. The Genesis of the Notion of the Totemic Principle or Mana


The Notion of Soul


The Notion of Spirits and Gods


The Negative Cult and its Functions: Ascetic Rites


The Positive Cult: I. The Element of Sacrifice


The Positive Cult: II. Mimetic Rites and the Principle of Causality


The Positive Cult: III. Representative of Commemorative Rites


Piacular Rites and the Ambiguity of the Notion of the Sacred


Conclusion


Select List of Anthropologists and Ethnologists who Informed Durkheim's Work


Explanatory Notes


Index