From Varieties to Elementary Forms
Emile Durkheim on Religious Life
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2404489 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sue Stedman Jones (London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 99-121 |
| Publication date | 2003-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Classical Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1468-795X • E-ISSN: 1741-2897 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1468795x030032001 |
| OpenAlex | W2321211885 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 7 |
This article traces the relation between the thought of William James and that of Émile Durkheim with regard to religious experience. It shows the complexity of Durkheim's relationship to pragmatism and his response to it both as an admirer and as a critic of James, and centres on a close examination of James's Varieties of Religious Experience and how aspects of this are woven into the development of Durkheim's argument in The Elementary Forms of Religious Life. The focus of the article is on the logic of Durkheim's view of religious reality and how James influenced this. It traces the common philosophical ancestor of both James and Durkheim and raises question about the appropriate methodology for the study of religion
Ancestor · Epistemology · Pragmatism · Sociology · Emile Durkheim and Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,23 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2023 (20) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |