Emile Durkheim

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The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life (eBook, ePUB)

Beschreibung

The Elementary Forms of Religious Life (French: Les formes élémentaires de la vie religieuse), published by French sociologist Émile Durkheim in 1912, is a book that analyzes religion as a social phenomenon. Durkheim attributes the development of religion to the emotional security attained through communal living. According to Durkheim, early humans associated such feelings not only with one another, but as well with objects in their environment. This, Durkheim believed, led to the ascription of human sentiments and superhuman powers to these objects, in turn leading to totemism. The essence of religion, Durkheim finds, is the concept of the sacred, that being the only phenomenon which unites all religions. "A religion," writes Durkheim, "is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, that is to say, things set apart and forbidden—beliefs and practices which unite into a single moral community called a Church, all those who adhere to them." In modern societies, the individual and individual rights evolve to become the new sacred phenomena, and hence these may be called "religious" for Durkheim. Durkheim examined religion using such examples as Pueblo Indian rain dances, the religions of aboriginal tribes in Australia, and alcoholic hallucinations.

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David mile Durkheim was a French sociologist born in pinal, France, on April 15, 1858. Widely regarded as one of the principal architects of modern social science, Durkheim is credited with establishing sociology as a formal academic discipline. His work, grounded in empirical research and focused on the study of social phenomena, made a significant impact on the development of social theory. Durkheim s intellectual influences include Auguste Comte and Immanuel Kant, and he, in turn, greatly influenced later sociologists such as Robert K. Merton, Talcott Parsons, and Erving Goffman. Durkheim's most notable works include his studies on the division of labor, the role of religion in society, and the causes of suicide. He believed that society exerts a powerful influence on the individual, and his theories on social cohesion and anomie continue to shape sociological thought. Durkheim was educated at the prestigious cole normale sup rieure and spent much of his academic career in France, where he also raised his children, Marie and Andr Durkheim. He passed away on November 15, 1917, in Paris at the age of 59.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Force Majeure Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9788826002958
• Artikelnr.: 51323688