The Elementary Forms of Religious Life

Emile Durkheim

ISBN 10: 0029079365 / ISBN 13: 9780029079362

Published by The Free Press, 1995

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Elementary Forms of Religious Life
• Publisher: The Free Press
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0029079365
• ISBN 13: 9780029079362
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

In this work, first published in 1912, Emile Durkheim examines a wide range of religious topics including: forms of animism, naturism, and totemism; fundamental concepts such as the soul, spirits and gods; and cults and rites. He argues that the origins of religion are social in nature, and that religious forms cannot be understood apart from their functions.

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.