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Elementary Forms of Religious Life

Paperback • 2008 • English

Elementary Forms of Religious Life

By Émile Durkheim

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'If religion generated everything that is essential in society, this is because the idea of society is the soul of religion.' In The Elementary Forms of Religious Life (1912), Émile Durkheim set himself the task of discovering the enduring source of human social identity. He investigated what he considered to be the simplest form of documented religion - totemism among the Aborigines of Australia. Aboriginal religion was an avenue 'to yield an understanding of the religious nature of man, by sho...Show more

Society and Social Sciences
Society and culture: general
Sociology and anthropology

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9780199540129

Published year

2008

Language

English

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Elementary Forms of Religious Life

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Paperback

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