This is the first collection of essays to be published on Durkheim's masterpiece The Elementary Forms of Religious Life. It represents the work of the most important international Durkheim scholars from the fields of anthropology, philosophy and sociology. The essays focus on key topics including:
* the method Durkheim adopted in his study
* the role of ritual and belief in society
* the nature of contemporary religion
The contributors also explore cutting-edge debates about the notion of the soul and collective rituals.
| ISBN: | 9780415162869 |
| Publication date: | 19th February 1998 |
| Author: | N J Allen, W S F Pickering, William Watts Miller, British Centre for Durkheimian Studies |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought |
| Genres: |
Social theory |
This is the first collection of essays to be published on Durkheim's masterpiece The Elementary Forms of Religious Life. It represents the work of the most important international Durkheim scholars from the fields of anthropology, philosophy and sociology. The essays focus on key topics including:
* the method Durkheim adopted in his study
* the role of ritual and belief in society
* the nature of contemporary religion
The contributors also explore cutting-edge debates about the notion of the soul and collective rituals.
On Durkheim's Elementary Forms of Religious Life features in the following genres: Social theory
On Durkheim's Elementary Forms of Religious Life is available in Hardback
On Durkheim's Elementary Forms of Religious Life was written by N J Allen, W S F Pickering, William Watts Miller, British Centre for Durkheimian Studies and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
On Durkheim's Elementary Forms of Religious Life has 224 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought series
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