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Wikipedia - Émile Durkheim

Wikipedia - The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life

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The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life

Émile Durkheim (1858 - 1917)
Translated by Joseph Ward Swain (1891 - 1971)

A study and analysis of religion as a social phenomenon by French sociologist Émile Durkheim. (Summary by Erin Stone)

Genre(s): Social Science (Culture & Anthropology), Christianity - Other

Language: English

Keyword(s): religion (735), culture (79), anthropology (28), sociology (18)

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Introduction, Section I, "Religious Sociology and the Theory of Knowledge" M.S.C. Lambert, LC
 00:24:01
Play 01 Introduction, Section II, "Religious Sociology and the Theory of Knowledge" M.S.C. Lambert, LC
 00:29:22
Play 02 Book I, Chapter I, "Usefulness of a preliminary definition" Logan Lorenz
 00:05:05
Play 03 Book I, Chapter I, Section I Tatiana Chichilla
 00:10:34
Play 04 Book I, Chapter I, Section II Tatiana Chichilla
 00:13:16
Play 05 Book I, Chapter I, Section III Tatiana Chichilla
 00:13:49
Play 06 Book I, Chapter I, Section IV Tatiana Chichilla
 00:10:12
Play 07 Book I, Chapter II, "I - Animism" JimScheel
 00:04:13
Play 08 Book I, Chapter II, Section I JimScheel
 00:17:50
Play 09 Book I, Chapter II, Section II JimScheel
 00:14:23
Play 10 Book I, Chapter II, Section III JimScheel
 00:14:11
Play 11 Book I, Chapter II, Section IV JimScheel
 00:10:49
Play 12 Book I, Chapter II, Section V JimScheel
 00:05:46
Play 13 Book I, Chapter III, "II - Naturism" Immanuel Satya
 00:04:44
Play 14 Book I, Chapter III, Section I Immanuel Satya
 00:17:40
Play 15 Book I, Chapter III, Section II Immanuel Satya
 00:14:04
Play 16 Book I, Chapter III, Section III Lucretia B.
 00:10:25
Play 17 Book I, Chapter IV, Section I, "Totemism as an Elementary Religion" Sarah Rothwell
 00:12:34
Play 18 Book I, Chapter IV, Section II Sarah Rothwell
 00:11:12
Play 19 Book II, Chapter I, Section I, "The Totem as Name and as Emblem" nzk13
 00:25:17
Play 20 Book II, Chapter I, Section II Logan Lorenz
 00:12:06
Play 21 Book II, Chapter I, Section III nzk13
 00:20:11
Play 22 Book II, Chapter II, Section I, "The Totemic Animal and Man" nzk13
 00:12:56
Play 23 Book II, Chapter II, Section II nzk13
 00:15:36
Play 24 Book II, Chapter III, Section I, "The Cosmological System of Totemism and the Idea of Class" nzk13
 00:11:49
Play 25 Book II, Chapter III, Section II Andy Glover
 00:09:59
Play 26 Book II, Chapter III, Section III nzk13
 00:18:30
Play 27 Book II, Chapter IV, Section I, "The Individual Totem and the Sexual Totem" Owlivia
 00:18:45
Play 28 Book II, Chapter IV, Section II Owlivia
 00:05:21
Play 29 Book II, Chapter V, Section I, "Critical Examination of Preceding Theories" Lucretia B.
 00:18:22
Play 30 Book II, Chapter V, Section II Lucretia B.
 00:27:02
Play 31 Book II, Chapter V, Section III Lucretia B.
 00:13:05
Play 32 Book II, Chapter V, Section IV Lucretia B.
 00:08:20
Play 33 Book II, Chapter V, Section V Lucretia B.
 00:04:58
Play 34 Book II, Chapter VI, Section I, "The Notion of the Totemic Principle, or Mana, and the Idea of Force" nzk13
 00:08:22
Play 35 Book II, Chapter VI, Section II nzk13
 00:20:59
Play 36 Book II, Chapter VI, Section III nzk13
 00:12:45
Play 37 Book II, Chapter VI, Section IV nzk13
 00:05:26
Play 38 Book II, Chapter VII, Section I, "Origin of the Idea of the Totemic Principle or Mana" nzk13
 00:04:21
Play 39 Book II, Chapter VII, Section II nzk13
 00:23:24
Play 40 Book II, Chapter VII, Section III nzk13
 00:26:15
Play 41 Book II, Chapter VII, Section IV nzk13
 00:18:31
Play 42 Book II, Chapter VII, Section V nzk13
 00:13:27
Play 43 Book II, Chapter VII, Section VI nzk13
 00:13:57
Play 44 Book II, Chapter VIII, Section I, "The Idea of the Soul" Owlivia
 00:14:36
Play 45 Book II, Chapter VIII, Section II Owlivia
 00:25:12
Play 46 Book II, Chapter VIII, Section III Owlivia
 00:13:44
Play 47 Book II, Chapter VIII, Section IV Owlivia
 00:15:21
Play 48 Book II, Chapter VIII, Section V Owlivia
 00:08:16
Play 49 Book II, Chapter VIII, Section VI Owlivia
 00:08:02
Play 50 Book II, Chapter IX, Section I, "The Idea of Spirits and Gods" Owlivia
 00:20:58
Play 51 Book II, Chapter IX, Section II Owlivia
 00:03:30
Play 52 Book II, Chapter IX, Section III Owlivia
 00:06:11
Play 53 Book II, Chapter IX, Section IV Owlivia
 00:22:30
Play 54 Book II, Chapter IX, Section V Owlivia
 00:04:03
Play 55 Book III, Chapter I, Section I, "The Negative Cult and its Functions, The Ascetic Rites" nzk13
 00:22:09
Play 56 Book III, Chapter I, Section II nzk13
 00:19:00
Play 57 Book III, Chapter I, Section III nzk13
 00:10:44
Play 58 Book III, Chapter I, Section IV nzk13
 00:10:15
Play 59 Book III, Chapter II, "I - The Elements of Sacrifice" bjg345
 00:05:01
Play 60 Book III, Chapter II, Section I bjg345
 00:16:10
Play 61 Book III, Chapter II, Section II bjg345
 00:06:16
Play 62 Book III, Chapter II, Section III bjg345
 00:13:03
Play 63 Book III, Chapter II, Section IV ToriBee
 00:11:28
Play 64 Book III, Chapter II, Section V nzk13
 00:18:31
Play 65 Book III, Chapter III, Section I, "The Positive Cult, I. The Elements of Sacrifice" Andrew Mauls Byron
 00:14:33
Play 66 Book III, Chapter III, Section II Andrew Mauls Byron
 00:22:54
Play 67 Book III, Chapter III, Section III Andrew Mauls Byron
 00:22:56
Play 68 Book III, Chapter IV, Section I, "The Positive Cult, II. Imitative Rites and the Principle of Causality" nzk13
 00:14:05
Play 69 Book III, Chapter IV, Section II nzk13
 00:17:40
Play 70 Book III, Chapter IV, Section III Tatiana Chichilla
 00:10:10
Play 71 Book III, Chapter V, "Definition of the piacular rite" Kerry Adams
 00:03:52
Play 72 Book III, Chapter V, Section I Arden
 00:14:26
Play 73 Book III, Chapter V, Section II nzk13
 00:16:25
Play 74 Book III, Chapter V, Section III nzk13
 00:13:58
Play 75 Book III, Chapter V, Section IV nzk13
 00:13:29
Play 76 Conclusion, "To what extent the results obtained may be generalized" J. Rougle
 00:03:53
Play 77 Conclusion, Section I Owlivia
 00:34:48
Play 78 Conclusion, Section II Owlivia
 00:15:47
Play 79 Conclusion, Section III Owlivia
 00:23:28
Play 80 Conclusion, Section IV Owlivia
 00:24:25