Elementary Forms of the Religious Life Émile Durkheim 81 chapters · 19 h 16 min · English Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC, Logan Lorenz, Tatiana Chichilla, JimScheel, Immanuel Satya, Lucretia B. and others Miscellaneous · Social Science (Culture & Anthropology) Play☆ Favorite A study and analysis of religion as a social phenomenon by French sociologist Émile Durkheim. (Summary by Erin Stone) Find the book onProject GutenbergOpen LibraryInternet ArchiveAmazon&Barnes & NobleBooks-A-MillionLibriVox Chapters 1Introduction, Section I, "Religious Sociology and the Theory of Knowledge"24 min2Introduction, Section II, "Religious Sociology and the Theory of Knowledge"29 min3Book I, Chapter I, "Usefulness of a preliminary definition"5 min4Book I, Chapter I, Section I11 min5Book I, Chapter I, Section II13 min6Book I, Chapter I, Section III14 min7Book I, Chapter I, Section IV10 min8Book I, Chapter II, "I - Animism"4 min9Book I, Chapter II, Section I18 min10Book I, Chapter II, Section II14 min11Book I, Chapter II, Section III14 min12Book I, Chapter II, Section IV11 min13Book I, Chapter II, Section V6 min14Book I, Chapter III, "II - Naturism"5 min15Book I, Chapter III, Section I18 min16Book I, Chapter III, Section II14 min17Book I, Chapter III, Section III10 min18Book I, Chapter IV, Section I, "Totemism as an Elementary Religion"13 min19Book I, Chapter IV, Section II11 min20Book II, Chapter I, Section I, "The Totem as Name and as Emblem"25 min21Book II, Chapter I, Section II12 min22Book II, Chapter I, Section III20 min23Book II, Chapter II, Section I, "The Totemic Animal and Man"13 min24Book II, Chapter II, Section II16 min25Book II, Chapter III, Section I, "The Cosmological System of Totemism and the Idea of Class"12 min26Book II, Chapter III, Section II10 min27Book II, Chapter III, Section III18 min28Book II, Chapter IV, Section I, "The Individual Totem and the Sexual Totem"19 min29Book II, Chapter IV, Section II5 min30Book II, Chapter V, Section I, "Critical Examination of Preceding Theories"18 min31Book II, Chapter V, Section II27 min32Book II, Chapter V, Section III13 min33Book II, Chapter V, Section IV8 min34Book II, Chapter V, Section V5 min35Book II, Chapter VI, Section I, "The Notion of the Totemic Principle, or Mana, and the Idea of Force"8 min36Book II, Chapter VI, Section II21 min37Book II, Chapter VI, Section III13 min38Book II, Chapter VI, Section IV5 min39Book II, Chapter VII, Section I, "Origin of the Idea of the Totemic Principle or Mana"4 min40Book II, Chapter VII, Section II23 min41Book II, Chapter VII, Section III26 min42Book II, Chapter VII, Section IV19 min43Book II, Chapter VII, Section V13 min44Book II, Chapter VII, Section VI14 min45Book II, Chapter VIII, Section I, "The Idea of the Soul"15 min46Book II, Chapter VIII, Section II25 min47Book II, Chapter VIII, Section III14 min48Book II, Chapter VIII, Section IV15 min49Book II, Chapter VIII, Section V8 min50Book II, Chapter VIII, Section VI8 min51Book II, Chapter IX, Section I, "The Idea of Spirits and Gods"21 min52Book II, Chapter IX, Section II4 min53Book II, Chapter IX, Section III6 min54Book II, Chapter IX, Section IV22 min55Book II, Chapter IX, Section V4 min56Book III, Chapter I, Section I, "The Negative Cult and its Functions, The Ascetic Rites"22 min57Book III, Chapter I, Section II19 min58Book III, Chapter I, Section III11 min59Book III, Chapter I, Section IV10 min60Book III, Chapter II, "I - The Elements of Sacrifice"5 min61Book III, Chapter II, Section I16 min62Book III, Chapter II, Section II6 min63Book III, Chapter II, Section III13 min64Book III, Chapter II, Section IV11 min65Book III, Chapter II, Section V19 min66Book III, Chapter III, Section I, "The Positive Cult, I. The Elements of Sacrifice"15 min67Book III, Chapter III, Section II23 min68Book III, Chapter III, Section III23 min69Book III, Chapter IV, Section I, "The Positive Cult, II. Imitative Rites and the Principle of Causality"14 min70Book III, Chapter IV, Section II18 min71Book III, Chapter IV, Section III10 min72Book III, Chapter V, "Definition of the piacular rite"4 min73Book III, Chapter V, Section I14 min74Book III, Chapter V, Section II16 min75Book III, Chapter V, Section III14 min76Book III, Chapter V, Section IV13 min77Conclusion, "To what extent the results obtained may be generalized"4 min78Conclusion, Section I35 min79Conclusion, Section II16 min80Conclusion, Section III23 min81Conclusion, Section IV24 min
