About this title: 'If religion generated everything that is essential in society, this is because the idea of society is the soul of religion.' In The Elementary Forms of Religious Life (1912), Emile Durkheim set himself the task of discovering the enduring source of human social identity. He investigated what he considered to be the simplest form of documented religion - totemism among the Aborigines of Australia. Aboriginal religion was an avenue 'to yield an understanding of the religious nature of man, by showing us an essential and permanent aspect of humanity'. The need and capacity of men and women ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: 1st ed. Thus
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: The Free Press
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780029079379ISBN:0029079373
Description: NF. Large paperback in excellent condition, a brief ink notation on the last blank page is the only remarkable flaw, first printing (with the publisher's "1" in the number line on copyright page) of this new translation by Karen E. Fields, 464 pages, "a splendid new translation of the greatest work of sociology ever written" read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Free Press
Date Published: 1995-06-01
ISBN-13:9780029079379ISBN:0029079373
Description: New. New-pages are clean and unmarked. Soft cover binding is secure. Cover is in good shape. There is a black line on the upper edge of the book. Orders packed carefully and shipped daily with tracking # emailed to you. read more
Description: Good. Publishers Overstock. A Good copy with a Remainder Mark and wear to the covers and the extremities. Buy with confidence from an Independent Bookstore where the owners, a husband and wife team, have over 30 years of combined bookselling experience. read more
Edition: Text is Free of Markings
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Free Press, New York, NY
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780029079379ISBN:0029079373
Description: Good to Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 464 pp. Tightly bound. Spine not compromised. Note: Some pages shows creases at the top corner from being dogeared. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Free Press
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780029079379ISBN:0029079373
Description: Fine. 0029079373. Remainder mark on bottom text edge.; 1.49 x 9.26 x 6.17 Inches; 464 pages; "Karen Fields has given us a splendid new translation of the greatest work of sociology ever written, one we will not be embarrassed to assign to our students. In addition she has written a brilliant and profound introduction. The publication of this translation is an occasion for general celebration, for a veritable 'collective effervescence. '--Robert N. Bellah Co-author of Habits of the Heart, and ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Free Press, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780029079379ISBN:0029079373
Description: Good. 6" x 9" Ink mark on right side of text block, else text clean & bright; binding tight; store sticker on spine; 2" crease to back cover, else minor wear to covers. 464 pages. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Free Press, Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780029079362ISBN:0029079365
Description: Trade paperback. In Fair condition with highlighting throughout text, coffee stains to edges of text block, remainder mark at top of text block, overall wear and creasing to covers. A reading copy. read more
Edition: Reprint Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Free Press, New York
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780029079379ISBN:0029079373
Description: Good. 6.25 x 9.25. Minor wear, remainder marks, corners lightly bumped, lxxiii + 464 pp including index, the founder of the French School of Sociology discusses the forms of religious life at length. read more
Edition: Reprint Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Free Press, New York
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780029079379ISBN:0029079373
Description: Good. 6.25 x 9.25. Minor wear, remainder marks, corners lightly bumped, lxxiii + 464 pp including index, the founder of the French School of Sociology discusses the forms of religious life at length. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Free Press, New York
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780029079379ISBN:0029079373
Description: Very Good. 6.25 x 9.25. Minor wear, remainder marks, corners lightly bumped, lxxiii + 464 pp including index, the founder of the French School of Sociology discusses the forms of religious life at length. read more
Edition: Text is Free of Markings
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Free Press, New York, NY
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780029079362ISBN:0029079365
Description: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 464 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Bound in blue boards with silver lettering on the spine. NOTE: Black stripe along bottom fore-edge. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780192832559ISBN:0192832557
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Edition: ABRIDGED ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780199540129ISBN:0199540128
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 416 pages. In the elementary forms of religious life, durkheim investigated the enduring source of human social identity and fellowsh1p by studying the simplest form of documented religion, totemism among the aborigines of australia. his book about the origin and nature of religion and society continues to enthrall sociologists, anthropologists, ethnographers, philosophers, and theologians. map edition abridged ed (Paperback) read more
"very interesting book...in the book he essentially uses a case study of an aboriginal tribe in the Australia area to identify the core components of religion and establish some principles for the "scientific" positivist study of religion..."
"I learned so much from this 1912 classic sociological treatment of religion; as the excellent introduction explains, some of the data Durkheim used - about Australian totemism - is no longer considered reliable, but his analysis of the nature and the meaning of religious belief and practice is still illuminating."
"This book was very convoluted, and of course built off of a basis of examining the religions of "primitive" cultures. Totemism makes some sense, sometimes, but not in the ways he intends and I just overall disagree and didn't find the read very useful. Oh, this was for Theory of Religion."
"This book attempts to examine the religious forms and functions in what he believed to the simplest religion in the world: Totemism of the Austrialian Aboriginal Tribes. His goal was to clearly define what religion was, and was not, and attempt to formulate its role in the society, as a way to maybe create a hypothesis about the more 'complex' religions.
Though many very interesting things where said about the structure of society and the development of knowledge and religion - one aspect of this book I felt was important was his understanding of the relation between science, religion, and knowledge.
What it is interesting is how his conclusion is worlds apart from, say, Richard Dawkins while he is as equally committed atheist. In part, because he does not dismiss the 'sensual experience' of believers, but dismisses their belief - he is able to pick apart the conflict between 'verifiable' science and 'speculative' religion of the past."
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