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Title: On Durkheim's Elementary Forms of Religious Life
Author : N.J. Allen, W.S.F. Pickering & W. Watts Miller
Release Date : January 12, 2012
Genre: Sociology,Books,Nonfiction,Social Science,
Pages : * pages
Size : 5205 KB

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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.