On Durkheim's Elementary forms of religious life / / edited by N.J. Allen, W.S.F. Pickering and W. Watts Miller

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 225 pages)
• Disciplina: 306.6
• Soggetto topico: Religion; Totemism
• Altri autori: AllenN. J PickeringW. S. F Watts MillerWilliam <1944->
• Note generali: "Published in conjunction with the British Centre for Durkheimian Studies."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-215) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Spencer and Gillen in Durkheim : the theoretical construction of ethnography / Howard Morphy -- Did Lucien Levy-Bruhl answer the objections made in Les formes elementaires? / Dominique Merllie -- Religion and science in The elementary forms / Robert Alun Jones -- The concept of belief in The elementary forms / Sue Stedman Jones -- Durkheim, Kant, the immortal soul and God / W. Watts Miller -- The cult of images : reading chapter VII, book II, of The elementary forms / Giovanni Paoletti -- Durkheim and sacred identity / Kenneth Thompson -- Rescuing Durkheim's 'rites' from the symbolizing anthropologists / Malcolm Ruel -- Durkheim's bourgeois theory of sacrifice / Ivan Strenski -- Memory and the sacred : the cult of anniversaries and commemorative rituals in the light of The elementary forms / Werner Gephart -- Effervescence, differentiation and representation in The elementary forms / William Ramp -- Effervescence and the origins of human society / N.J. Allen -- Change, innovation, creation : Durkheim's ambivalence / Denes Nemedi -- Durkheim on the causes and functions of the categories / Warren Schmaus -- Durkheim and a priori truth : conformity as a philosophical problem / Terry F. Godlove, Jr.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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, and the nature of contemporary religion. The contributors also explore cutting-edge debates about the notion of the soul and collective rituals.
• Titolo autorizzato: On Durkheim's Elementary forms of religious life
• ISBN: 1-134-71502-1; 1-280-33336-7; 0-585-45170-2; 0-203-02190-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996202232803316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Routledge studies in social and political thought ; ; 10.