Durkheim in Dialogue: A Centenary Celebration of <i>The Elementary Forms of Religious Life</i> (Methodology & History in Anthropology Book 27)

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. CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Introduction DURKHEIM IN DISCIPLINARY DIALOGUE PART I Commencement Chapter 1 THE NOTION OF SOUL AND SCIENCE POSITIVE: A RETRIEVAL OF DURKHEIM’S METHOD PART II Social Forms Chapter 2 RETURN TO DURKHEIM: CIVIL RELIGION AND THE MORAL RECONSTRUCTION OF CHINA Chapter 3 ELEMENTARY FORMS OF WAR: PERFORMATIVE ASPECTS OF YOUTH MILITIA IN SIERRA LEONE Chapter 4 ELEMENTARY FORMS VERSUS PSYCHOLOGY IN CONTEMPORARY CINEMA PART III Collective Minds Chapter 5 DURKHEIM’S SACRED/PROFANE OPPOSITION: WHAT SHOULD WE MAKE OF IT? Chapter 6 DURKHEIM AND THE PRIMITIVE MIND: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL RETROSPECTIVE Chapter 7 DURKHEIM, ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE QUESTION OF THE CATEGORIES IN LES FORMES ÉLÉMENTAIRES DE LA VIE RELIGIEUSE PART IV Effervescence Chapter 8 IS INDIVIDUAL TO COLLECTIVE AS FREUD IS TO DURKHEIM? Chapter 9 COLLECTIVE REPRESENTATIONS, DISCOURSES OF POWER AND PERSONAL AGENCY: THREE INCOMMENSURATE HISTORIES OF A COLLABORATOR’S REBELLION IN THE COLONIAL SUDAN Chapter 10 ACTANTS AMASSING (AA) BEYOND COLLECTIVE EFFERVESCENCE AND THE SOCIAL PART V Fin Chapter 11 THE CREATION AND PROBLEMATIC ACHIEVEMENT OF LES FORMES ÉLÉMENTAIRES CONTRIBUTORS INDEX