The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life (Unabridged)
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (509 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1781394695 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 566 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Emile Durkheim (1858 1917) was a French sociologist who formally established the academic discipline and, with Karl Marx and Max Weber, is commonly cited as the principal architect of modern social science.
About the Author Emile Durkheim (1858 1917) was a French sociologist who formally established the academic discipline and, with Karl Marx and Max Weber, is commonly cited as the principal architect of modern social science.
Five Stars CJ Slow delivery, tiny font but it's the book I needed. X. Zu said social reality as the grounding of religion. The crux of Durkheim’s theorization of religion lies in his metaphysical breakthrough in identifying social reality as the ground of all religions, shattering the presumed dichotomies of the material vs. the imaginary and the body vs. the mind. Releasing studies of religion from the confine of pure ideas and the imaginations, Durkheim (echoing Marxist theory of practice and nodding to Kant's synthesis of Rationalism and Empiricism: "Concepts without percepts are empty; percepts without concepts are blind") brought us onto a new path of understanding religion by investigating how id. AE said Junk "edition". Unauthorized edition, there is no publisher. All the other reviews praise Durkheim, not this junk pirated paper back edition.Useless edition for any professional purpose. In addition the font size is 6 pt, impossible to read.
'Elementary Forms of Religious Life' is an important read for the interested mind-sparking debate and admiration in many fields such as theology, sociology and anthropology.. French sociologist Emile Durkheim set out to explore religion as a social phenomenon, and in 1912 published his results in 'Elementary Forms of Religious Life.' The relationship between humans and society fascinated Durkheim, leading him to research the simplest form of documented religion amongst the Aborigines of Australia and Pueblo Indians