{"product_id":"epistemology-and-practice-durkheims-the-elementary-forms-of-religious-life-hardback-9780521651455","title":"Epistemology and Practice; Durkheim's The Elementary Forms of Religious Life (Hardback) 9780521651455","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEpistemology and Practice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDurkheim's The Elementary Forms of Religious Life\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArgues Durkheim was attempting to establish a unique epistemological basis for the study of sociology.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAnne Warfield Rawls (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521651455, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 22 February 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e372 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.72 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this original and controversial book Professor Rawls argues that Durkheim's The Elementary Forms of Religious Life is the crowning achievement of his sociological endeavour and that since its publication in English in 1915 it has been consistently misunderstood. Rather than a work on primitive religion or the sociology of knowledge, Rawls asserts that it is an attempt by Durkheim to establish a unique epistemological basis for the study of sociology and moral relations. By privileging social practice over beliefs and ideas, it avoids the dilemmas inherent in philosophical approaches to knowledge and morality that are based on individualism and the tendency to privilege beliefs and ideas over practices, both tendencies that dominate western thought. Based on detailed textual analysis of the primary text, this book will be an important and original contribution to contemporary debates on social theory and philosophy.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Durkheim's outline of the argument in the introductory chapter\u003cbr\u003e 2. Durkheim's dualism: an anti-Kantian, anti-rationalist position\u003cbr\u003e 3. Sacred and Profane: the first classification\u003cbr\u003e 4. Totemism and the problem of individualism\u003cbr\u003e 5. The origin of moral force\u003cbr\u003e 6. The primacy of rites in the origin of causality\u003cbr\u003e 7. Imitative rites and the category of causality\u003cbr\u003e 8. The category of causality\u003cbr\u003e 9. Logic, language and science\u003cbr\u003e 10. Durkheim's conclusion: logical argument for the categories\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20theory%20%5BJHBA%5D%22\"\u003eJHBA\u003c\/a\u003e], Social \u0026amp; political philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; political philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20political%20philosophy%20%5BHPS%5D%22\"\u003eHPS\u003c\/a\u003e], History of Western philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of Western philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20Western%20philosophy%20%5BHPC%5D%22\"\u003eHPC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46251979866392,"sku":"9780521651455","price":98.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521651455i.jpg?v=1691927774","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/epistemology-and-practice-durkheims-the-elementary-forms-of-religious-life-hardback-9780521651455","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}