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.
The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life
The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1915 Edition.
The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life: A Study in Religious Sociology
The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life is a seminal work in the field of sociology, and continues to be widely read and studied today.This Is A New Release Of The Original 1915 Edition.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint ...
A founder of modern sociology examines animism, naturism, totemism, myth, and ritual in this 1912 classic, which traces the source of religion and morality to a collective consciousness.
In this book we propose to study the most primitive and simple religion which is actually known, to make an analysis of it, and to attempt an explanation of it.