{"product_id":"the-elementary-forms-of-the-religious-life","title":"As formas elementares da vida religiosa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if the sacred power people worship is the force of their own community?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life, Émile Durkheim asks what religion is and why it binds people together. He turns to reports about Aboriginal clans in Australia, examining the totems that organize their sacred life. His aim is to find the shared elements of religion beneath its many forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDurkheim follows the links between sacred emblems, souls, spirits and collective rites. He argues that religion expresses the power of the group, then carries that argument into the way people think. Even ideas of time, space and cause, he claims, have roots in social life. The stakes reach beyond belief to the foundations of thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe sacred beyond gods\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore why Durkheim starts with the sacred rather than belief in supernatural beings.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA clan's sacred emblem\u003c\/strong\u003e – See how plants and animals become totems within the clan life Durkheim describes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe force of gathering\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow his account of how shared rites renew a group's sense of itself.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSouls and social life\u003c\/strong\u003e – Trace his argument that ideas of the soul grow from collective religious life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe roots of reason\u003c\/strong\u003e – Consider his bold claim that basic categories of thought arise from social life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for students of sociology, anthropology and religion, and curious readers willing to follow a patient argument about why rituals bind people together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now and begin with Durkheim's searching question: what makes something sacred?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":59534558626140,"sku":"LOA-C842-PB","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/00842_en_ebook-front_c06.jpg?v=1792174886","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/pt\/products\/as-formas-elementares-da-vida-religiosa","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}