Formes élémentaires de la vie religieuse

About “Formes élémentaires de la vie religieuse”

In The Elementary Forms of Religious Life (1912), Émile Durkheim sought to identify the enduring source of human social identity by studying totemism among the Aborigines of Australia, which he regarded as the simplest form of documented religion. He explored how religion embodies the beliefs that shape the moral universe, with the need and capacity of individuals to relate socially at the heart of his analysis.