Elementary Forms Of The Religious Life: Newly Translated By Karen E. Fields - Softcover

Durkheim, Emile

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0029079373 ISBN 13: 9780029079379

Publisher: Free Press, 1995

Synopsis

"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

About this title

About the Author:

Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) founded the French school of sociology. In 1893 he created the Annee Sociologique, which he edited until 1913, and he wrote seminal texts including The Division of Labor in Society, Suicide, and The Rules of Sociological Method.

Synopsis:

Written from a sociological viewpoint, this title examines a wide range of religious topics including forms of animism, naturism and totemism as well as fundamental concepts such as the soul, spirits, gods, cults and rights.

About this edition

• Publisher: Free Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0029079373
• ISBN 13: 9780029079379
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 552