Durkheim in Dialogue: A Centenary Celebration of <i>The Elementary Forms of Religious Life</i> (Methodology & History in Anthropology)

One hundred years after the publication of the great sociological treatise,The Elementary Forms of Religious Life, this new volume shows how aptly Durkheim's theories still resonate with the study of contemporary and historical religious societies. This volume applies the Durkheimian model to multiple cases, probing its resilience, wondering where it might be tweaked, and asking which aspects have best stood the test of time. A dialogue between theory and ethnography, the book shows how Durkheimian sociology has become a mainstay of social thought and theory, pointing to multiple ways in which Durkheim's great work on religion remains relevant to thinking about culture. After a century of cumulative critique, the capacity of Durkheimian theory to be of use to the study of religion in all its permutations remains unparalleled. Introduction : Durkheim In Disciplinary Dialogue / Sondra L. Hausner -- The Notion Of Soul And Science Positive : A Retrieval Of Durkheim's Method / Karen E. Fields -- Return To Durkheim : Civil Religion And The Moral Reconstruction Of China / Ji Zhe -- Elementary Forms Of War : Performative Aspects Of Youth Militia In Sierra Leone / Paul Richards -- Elementary Forms Versus Psychology In Contemporary Cinema / Louise Child -- Durkheim's Sacred/profane Opposition : What Should We Make Of It? / N. J. Allen -- Durkheim And The Primitive Mind : An Archaeological Retrospective / Clive Gamble -- Durkheim, Anthropology And The Question Of The Categories In Les Formes élémentaires De La Vie Religieuse / Susan Stedman Jones -- Is Individual To Collective As Freud Is To Durkheim? / Sondra L. Hausner -- Collective Representations, Discourses Of Power And Personal Agency : Three Incommensurate Histories Of A Collaborator's Rebellion In The Colonial Sudan / Gerd Baumann -- Actants Amassing (aa) : Beyond Collective Effervescence And The Social / Adam Yuet Chau -- The Creation And Problematic Achievement Of Les Formes Élémentaires / W. Watts Miller. Edited By Sondra L. Hausner. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 255-256) And Index. 4e de couv.: One hundred years after the publication of the great sociological treatise, "The Elementary Forms of Religious Life", this new volume shows how aptly Durkheim1s theories still resonate with the study of contemporary and historical religious societies. The volume applies the Durkheimian model to multiple cases, probing its resilience, wondering where it might be tweaked, and asking which aspects have best stood the test of time. A dialogue between theory and ethnography, this book shows how Durkheimian sociology has become a mainstay of social thought and theory, pointing to multiple ways in which Durkheim1s work on religion remains relevant to our thinking about culture One hundred years after the publication of the great sociological treatise, The Elementary Forms of Religious Life, this new volume shows how aptly Durkheim' s theories still resonate with the study of contemporary and historical religious societies.