Durkheim's theory of religion? Anyone?
What do you think is the most important aspect of the theory of Durkheim, and religion is to our understanding of the role of religion in society? Give some reasons why I think that is an important point.
Both the map … If you focus is what is important to understand the role * of * religion in society, I would say that the most important aspect of his theory of functions of religion, social cohesion and concrete solidarity. Religion unites and defines certain individuals standards. He presents a lot of emotions (love, hate, fear). He coined the term "collective effervescence" to the special energy resulting from the interaction of the group, which he said was the root of all religion. The aspect of social cohesion is very important because it explains how religions survive. Whatever the theology behind each religion, the sense of belonging community and religious group type of activity is very important for the individual. These are things that can not be achieved without a group activity.
Function of Religion in Society according to Durkheim (the sociologist)
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The Elementary Forms of Religious Life (Oxford World's Classics)
$6.50 In The Elementary Forms of Religious Life (1912), Emile Durkheim sets himself the task of discovering the enduring source of human social identity. He investigates what he considered to be the simplest form of documented religion - totemism among the Aborigines of Australia. For Durkheim, studying Aboriginal religion was a way 'to yield an understanding of the religious nature of man, by s... |
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Emile Durkheim and the Reformation of Sociology
$27.80 This book proposes a new representation of Emile Durkheim, as the philosopher and moralist who wanted to renovate rationalism, challenge positivism, reform sociology, and extend Schopenhauer's philosophy to the new domain of sociology. Above all, it highlights Durkheim's vision of sociology as the "science of morality" that would eventually replace moralities based on religion.... |
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Three Faces of God: Society, Religion, and the Categories of Totality in the Philosophy of Emile Durkheim (S U N Y Series in Religion, Culture, and Society)
$12.38 Three Faces of God offers a new interpretation of Emile Durkheim's social philosophy. It challenges the current view of him as primarily a scientific sociologist who identified sociology with the study of collective representations. Nielsen argues that Durkheim was a sociological monist who developed a concept of social substance and a theory of society, religion and the categories of understandin... |
