Les formes élémentaires de la vie religieuse

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Les formes élémentaires de la vie religieuse is Émile Durkheim’s foundational sociological study of religion, analyzing how collective rituals and beliefs shape social cohesion and the classification of the sacred and the profane.

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instanceOf book
sociological study
work on sociology of religion
arguesThat categories of thought have social origins
religion reinforces social cohesion
religious beliefs and rituals express the collective life of society
the distinction between sacred and profane is fundamental to religion
author Émile Durkheim NERFINISHED
centralConcept collective conscience
collective effervescence
profane
sacred
social solidarity
countryOfOrigin France
discipline anthropology
sociology
examines relationship between religion and society
role of ritual in maintaining social order
social origins of categories of understanding
focusesOn Australian Aboriginal totemism
fullTitle Les formes élémentaires de la vie religieuse : le système totémique en Australie NERFINISHED
genre academic monograph
hasEnglishTitle The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life NERFINISHED
influenced Claude Lévi-Strauss NERFINISHED
Talcott Parsons NERFINISHED
anthropological theories of ritual
sociological theory of religion
sociology of knowledge
structural functionalism
keyIdea religion is a social fact
rituals generate collective effervescence
society is the true object of religious veneration
movement classical sociology
originalLanguage French
partOf Durkheim's late works NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1912
publisher Alcan NERFINISHED
shortTitle Les formes élémentaires de la vie religieuse
subject collective representations
collective rituals
elementary forms of religious life
religion
sacred and profane
social cohesion
sociology of religion
totemism
theoreticalFramework Durkheimian sociology NERFINISHED
timePeriodDescribed traditional Aboriginal Australian societies

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The Elementary Forms of Religious Life originalTitle Les formes élémentaires de la vie religieuse