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The Elementary Forms of Religious Life (Oxford World's Classics)
The Elementary Forms of Religious Life - Oxford World's Classics
Author: Emile Durkheim
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 a...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780199540129
ISBN-10: 0199540128
Publication Date: 6/15/2008
Pages: 416
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Paperback
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i bought this book for a religious studies class, and i enjoyed it. it's not the easiest of reads, but it is very educational and insightful.


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