The elementary forms of religious life
by Émile Durkheim
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"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 to relate socially lies at the heart of Durkheim's exploration, in which religion embodies the beliefs that shape our moral universe."--BOOK JACKET.
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The elementary forms of religious life
2001, Oxford University Press
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The elementary forms of the religious life
1976, Allen and Unwin
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The elementary forms of the religious life
1965, Free Press
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The elementary forms of the religious life: a study in religious sociology.
1915, G. Allen & Unwin, Macmillan
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The elementary forms of the religious life: a study in religious sociology.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ethnographic map of Australia on endpapers.
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