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This article provides an in-depth exploration of Durkheim’s theory of religion, with a particular emphasis on his distinction between the sacred and the profane, his ...
Feb 15, 2009 · If there is nothing that is originally sacred, then there is nothing that is derivatively sacred either. One obvious problem with Hitchens' position is that it is by no means obvious that there is nothing sacred.
Mar 11, 2015 · This article argues that the question—which goes to the core of the social construction of religious meaning—can be clarified by the notion of the sacred and in particular through the discussion on the ambiguity of the sacred as developed by Émile Durkheim, Georges Bataille, and René Girard.
- Totemism
- Totemic Beliefs
- Origins of Totemic Belief
For his own attempt to locate the source of the sacred and lay bare what religion is all about, Durkheim examines just one type of religion, Australian totemism, which he sees as the most basic type available for study. In totemism, tribes are divided into clans whose solidarity derives not from kinship, but from a religious relationship between it...
Essential to Australian totemic belief, in Durkheim's view, was the idea that the totemic emblem, a design representing the clan's totemic entity, was sacred. Its sacredness lay in the fact that it conferred sacredness on whatever was marked with it. The totemic emblem was used to mark certain objects used in rituals: stones, pieces of wood etc. Am...
When he comes to look at the basis of such beliefs, Durkheim argues that the animals and plants chosen as totem entities are by no means intrinsically impressive, in no way capable of themselves of generating religious feelings (such as awe). Consequently, the religious feelings involved in totemism must have been derived from elsewhere. Durkheim's...
The interest of sociologists in the social significance of the sacred is largely derived from the concerns of the subdiscipline of the sociology of religion. However, considerable disagreement exists as to the precise social origins of that which is designated sacred.
first thesis asserts the sacred as untotalizable heterogeneity, the second asserts it as effervescent unity and totality; while the first announces the sacred's lack of identity, the second identifies it.
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Oct 28, 2021 · They are sacred. The question is: Do we even care about the sacred anymore? Durkheim on the sacred and the profane. Those things that we cordon off as being valuable beyond anything were of...
