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The elementary forms of religious life /
Durkheim, Émile, 1858-1917.
The elementary forms of religious life / Émile Durkheim ; translated by Carol Cosman ; edited by Mark S. Cladis. - xli, 358 pages : maps ; 20 cm. - Oxford world's classics. . - Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
-- A definition of the religious phenomenon and of religion -- The leading conceptions of elementary religion: Animism -- The leading conceptions of elementary religion: Naturism -- Totemism as elementary religion: historical review of the question. Method of teaching it -- Central totemic beliefs: The totem as name and emblem -- Central totemic beliefs: The totemic animal and man -- Central totemic beliefs: The cosmological system of totemism and the notion of genus -- Central totemic beliefs: The individual totem and the sexual totem -- The origins of these beliefs: A critical examination of the theories -- The origins of these beliefs: The notionof the totemic principle or Mana, and the idea of force -- The origins of these beliefs: The genesis of the notion of the toemic principle or Mana -- The notion of soul -- The notionof spirits and gods -- The negative cult and its functions: Ascetic rites -- The positive cult: The elements of sacrifice -- The positive cult: Mimetic rites and the principle of causality -- The positive cult: Representative or commemorative rites -- Piacular rites and the ambiguity of the notion of the sacred.
Translated from the French.
9780199540129 0199540128
Sociology--Philosophy.
Religion and sociology.
Religion.
Totemism.
Cults.
GN470 / .D813 2008
The elementary forms of religious life / Émile Durkheim ; translated by Carol Cosman ; edited by Mark S. Cladis. - xli, 358 pages : maps ; 20 cm. - Oxford world's classics. . - Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
-- A definition of the religious phenomenon and of religion -- The leading conceptions of elementary religion: Animism -- The leading conceptions of elementary religion: Naturism -- Totemism as elementary religion: historical review of the question. Method of teaching it -- Central totemic beliefs: The totem as name and emblem -- Central totemic beliefs: The totemic animal and man -- Central totemic beliefs: The cosmological system of totemism and the notion of genus -- Central totemic beliefs: The individual totem and the sexual totem -- The origins of these beliefs: A critical examination of the theories -- The origins of these beliefs: The notionof the totemic principle or Mana, and the idea of force -- The origins of these beliefs: The genesis of the notion of the toemic principle or Mana -- The notion of soul -- The notionof spirits and gods -- The negative cult and its functions: Ascetic rites -- The positive cult: The elements of sacrifice -- The positive cult: Mimetic rites and the principle of causality -- The positive cult: Representative or commemorative rites -- Piacular rites and the ambiguity of the notion of the sacred.
Translated from the French.
9780199540129 0199540128
Sociology--Philosophy.
Religion and sociology.
Religion.
Totemism.
Cults.
GN470 / .D813 2008
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