The Elementary Forms of Religious Life
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The Elementary Forms of Religious Life is Émile Durkheim’s foundational sociological study that analyzes the origins and functions of religion in society through an examination of Australian totemism.
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| The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Elementary Forms of Religious Life Context triple: [Émile Durkheim, notableWork, The Elementary Forms of Religious Life]
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A.
The Elementary Structures of Kinship
The Elementary Structures of Kinship is a foundational anthropological work by Claude Lévi-Strauss that analyzes kinship systems through structuralist methods to reveal universal patterns in human social organization.
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B.
The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms
The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms is Ernst Cassirer’s major three-volume work that develops a neo-Kantian theory of human culture through the analysis of symbolic systems such as language, myth, art, and science.
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C.
Catéchisme positiviste
Catéchisme positiviste is a key philosophical work by Auguste Comte that systematically presents and popularizes his doctrine of positivism as a secular, quasi-religious moral and social system.
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D.
Structural Anthropology
Structural Anthropology is a foundational work in anthropology that applies structuralist theory to analyze the underlying patterns and systems shaping human cultures and myths.
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E.
Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies
Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies is a landmark anthropological study by Margaret Mead that examines gender roles and cultural variation through fieldwork in three New Guinea societies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Elementary Forms of Religious Life Target entity description: The Elementary Forms of Religious Life is Émile Durkheim’s foundational sociological study that analyzes the origins and functions of religion in society through an examination of Australian totemism.
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A.
The Elementary Structures of Kinship
The Elementary Structures of Kinship is a foundational anthropological work by Claude Lévi-Strauss that analyzes kinship systems through structuralist methods to reveal universal patterns in human social organization.
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B.
The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms
The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms is Ernst Cassirer’s major three-volume work that develops a neo-Kantian theory of human culture through the analysis of symbolic systems such as language, myth, art, and science.
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C.
Catéchisme positiviste
Catéchisme positiviste is a key philosophical work by Auguste Comte that systematically presents and popularizes his doctrine of positivism as a secular, quasi-religious moral and social system.
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D.
Structural Anthropology
Structural Anthropology is a foundational work in anthropology that applies structuralist theory to analyze the underlying patterns and systems shaping human cultures and myths.
-
E.
Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies
Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies is a landmark anthropological study by Margaret Mead that examines gender roles and cultural variation through fieldwork in three New Guinea societies.
- F. None of above. chosen
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book
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sociological study ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | classical sociology ⓘ |
| arguesThat |
religion expresses and reinforces social solidarity
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religion is a social fact ⓘ the sacred originates in collective life ⓘ the totem symbolizes both the god and the society ⓘ |
| author | Émile Durkheim ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
religion as a reflection of social structure
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society as the source of the sacred ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| definesReligionAs | a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things ⓘ |
| examines |
belief systems
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clan organization ⓘ religious symbols ⓘ ritual practices ⓘ |
| field |
anthropology
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sociology ⓘ |
| focusesOn | Australian Aboriginal totemism ⓘ |
| genre | academic non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation |
The Elementary Forms of Religious Life
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| historicalContext |
French Third Republic
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surface form:
Third French Republic
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| influenced |
Claude Lévi-Strauss
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Talcott Parsons ⓘ sociology of religion as a discipline ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
collective consciousness
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religion ⓘ ritual ⓘ social cohesion ⓘ sociology of religion ⓘ totemism ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Les formes élémentaires de la vie religieuse ⓘ |
| partOf | Durkheim’s late works ⓘ |
| precedes | Durkheim’s lectures on moral education ⓘ |
| proposesConcept |
collective effervescence
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collective representations ⓘ moral community ⓘ sacred and profane distinction ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1912 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alcan ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Suicide
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The Division of Labour in Society ⓘ
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The Division of Labor in Society
The Rules of Sociological Method ⓘ |
| theoreticalApproach |
functionalism
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sociological positivism ⓘ |
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