About this title: In this 1912 classic, a founder of modern sociology examines animism, naturism, totemism, myth, and ritual. Durkheim maintains that the source of religion and morality lies in collective consciousness, rather than in individual minds. His intriguing views are still a topic of debate among sociologists, anthropologists, ethnographers, philosophers, ...
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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
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. 1965-Paperback----Used-Acceptable-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Edition: 7th Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Free Press, New York
Date Published: 1965
Description: Good. No Dust Jacket as Issued. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book shows moderate to heavy wear/ spine tight/ cobers creased and soiled; moderate edge wear/ corners and spine creased and frayed/ several pages have underlining and margin notes/ several pages and page tips creased/ markings on page edges; slightly soiled/ readers slant. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Free Press
Date Published: 1965
ISBN-13:9780029080108ISBN:002908010X
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. corners lightly bumped, text bright, well preserved used copy. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 507 p. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: The Free Press, NY
Date Published: 1965
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Spine straight & w/o creases, binding tight, appears never used, minor corner bumps and pg edges lightlly soiled due to shelf wear, text clean/unmarked, 507 p. Includes index. Glued Binding, Trade Paperback Measures 8 1/4" h x 5 1/4" w x 1 3/8" d Sociology read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Collier Books, New York
Date Published: 1961
Description: Very Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. 507 pp. Slight binding lean, modest edge wear. Former owner signatures on title page and inside back cover. read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Has remainder mark on bottom end, light rubbing, otherwise a near fine copy. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 507 p. Audience: General/trade. Classic study of primitive religion. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: The Free Press
Date Published: 1965
Description: Good++ Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Paperback. Light crease on spine. Light shelfwear, rubbing. 507 clean, tight and crisp pages. A couple of pages in the back have a sentence or two underlined. read more
Binding: Textured Cloth
Publisher: The Free Press, N Y
Date Published: 1965
Description: Good. No Jacket. Very Good-No Jacket 8vo. 507pp. Has wear. Covers lightly rubbed and soiled. Spine creased. Pen notations to text. Lang: English. Vols: 1, Wt: 2lbs. read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Company
Description: Good. B000K02VKM Stated First Edition. Binding square and secure, with spine creasing. No creases other than spine. Mild edge wear. Binding falls open at pages 227 and 254. Considerable pencil margin notes in a few chapters. Satisfaction guaranteed. Ships Immediately from CA. 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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