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The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life

Name: The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life
Author: Émile Durkheim

Émile Durkheim

LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · Translated by Joseph Ward Swain

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Chapters

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00 - Introduction, Section I, "Religious Sociology and the Theory of Knowledge" (24:01)
01 - Introduction, Section II, "Religious Sociology and the Theory of Knowledge" (29:22)
02 - Book I, Chapter I, "Usefulness of a preliminary definition" (5:05)
03 - Book I, Chapter I, Section I (10:34)
04 - Book I, Chapter I, Section II (13:16)
05 - Book I, Chapter I, Section III (13:49)
06 - Book I, Chapter I, Section IV (10:12)
07 - Book I, Chapter II, "I - Animism" (4:14)
08 - Book I, Chapter II, Section I (17:52)
09 - Book I, Chapter II, Section II (14:25)
10 - Book I, Chapter II, Section III (14:13)
11 - Book I, Chapter II, Section IV (10:51)
12 - Book I, Chapter II, Section V (5:47)
13 - Book I, Chapter III, "II - Naturism" (4:44)
14 - Book I, Chapter III, Section I (17:40)
15 - Book I, Chapter III, Section II (14:04)
16 - Book I, Chapter III, Section III (10:25)
17 - Book I, Chapter IV, Section I, "Totemism as an Elementary Religion" (12:34)
18 - Book I, Chapter IV, Section II (11:13)
19 - Book II, Chapter I, Section I, "The Totem as Name and as Emblem" (25:17)
20 - Book II, Chapter I, Section II (12:06)
21 - Book II, Chapter I, Section III (20:11)
22 - Book II, Chapter II, Section I, "The Totemic Animal and Man" (12:56)
23 - Book II, Chapter II, Section II (15:37)
24 - Book II, Chapter III, Section I, "The Cosmological System of Totemism and the Idea of Class" (11:49)
25 - Book II, Chapter III, Section II (9:59)
26 - Book II, Chapter III, Section III (18:31)
27 - Book II, Chapter IV, Section I, "The Individual Totem and the Sexual Totem" (18:45)
28 - Book II, Chapter IV, Section II (5:21)
29 - Book II, Chapter V, Section I, "Critical Examination of Preceding Theories" (18:22)
30 - Book II, Chapter V, Section II (27:02)
31 - Book II, Chapter V, Section III (13:05)
32 - Book II, Chapter V, Section IV (8:20)
33 - Book II, Chapter V, Section V (4:58)
34 - Book II, Chapter VI, Section I, "The Notion of the Totemic Principle, or Mana, and the Idea of Force" (8:22)
35 - Book II, Chapter VI, Section II (20:59)
36 - Book II, Chapter VI, Section III (12:46)
37 - Book II, Chapter VI, Section IV (5:27)
38 - Book II, Chapter VII, Section I, "Origin of the Idea of the Totemic Principle or Mana" (4:21)
39 - Book II, Chapter VII, Section II (23:24)
40 - Book II, Chapter VII, Section III (26:15)
41 - Book II, Chapter VII, Section IV (18:31)
42 - Book II, Chapter VII, Section V (13:27)
43 - Book II, Chapter VII, Section VI (13:57)
44 - Book II, Chapter VIII, Section I, "The Idea of the Soul" (14:36)
45 - Book II, Chapter VIII, Section II (25:12)
46 - Book II, Chapter VIII, Section III (13:44)
47 - Book II, Chapter VIII, Section IV (15:21)
48 - Book II, Chapter VIII, Section V (8:16)
49 - Book II, Chapter VIII, Section VI (8:02)
50 - Book II, Chapter IX, Section I, "The Idea of Spirits and Gods" (20:58)
51 - Book II, Chapter IX, Section II (3:30)
52 - Book II, Chapter IX, Section III (6:11)
53 - Book II, Chapter IX, Section IV (22:30)
54 - Book II, Chapter IX, Section V (4:03)
55 - Book III, Chapter I, Section I, "The Negative Cult and its Functions, The Ascetic Rites" (22:09)
56 - Book III, Chapter I, Section II (19:00)
57 - Book III, Chapter I, Section III (10:44)
58 - Book III, Chapter I, Section IV (10:15)
59 - Book III, Chapter II, "I - The Elements of Sacrifice" (5:01)
60 - Book III, Chapter II, Section I (16:10)
61 - Book III, Chapter II, Section II (6:16)
62 - Book III, Chapter II, Section III (13:03)
63 - Book III, Chapter II, Section IV (11:28)
64 - Book III, Chapter II, Section V (18:31)
65 - Book III, Chapter III, Section I, "The Positive Cult, I. The Elements of Sacrifice" (14:33)
66 - Book III, Chapter III, Section II (22:54)
67 - Book III, Chapter III, Section III (22:56)
68 - Book III, Chapter IV, Section I, "The Positive Cult, II. Imitative Rites and the Principle of Causality" (14:05)
69 - Book III, Chapter IV, Section II (17:40)
70 - Book III, Chapter IV, Section III (10:10)
71 - Book III, Chapter V, "Definition of the piacular rite" (3:52)
72 - Book III, Chapter V, Section I (14:26)
73 - Book III, Chapter V, Section II (16:25)
74 - Book III, Chapter V, Section III (13:58)
75 - Book III, Chapter V, Section IV (13:29)
76 - Conclusion, "To what extent the results obtained may be generalized" (3:53)
77 - Conclusion, Section I (34:48)
78 - Conclusion, Section II (15:47)
79 - Conclusion, Section III (23:28)
80 - Conclusion, Section IV (24:25)

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