Defending the Durkheimian Tradition - Religion, Emotion and Morality (Hardcover, New Ed)

This book provides an exciting, accessible and wide-ranging guide to the development of classical and contemporary Durkheimian thought. Jonathan Fish offers a re-reading of the writings of Emile Durkheim and Talcott Parsons on religion. He aims to move beyond rationalistic readings which have neglected the key significance of collective human emotion in Durkheim's accounts of the link between society, religion and morality. He goes on to look at the development of these ideas in the work of Parsons and more recent Durkheimian thinkers. Making an important contribution both to studies of Durkheim and the Durkheimian tradition and to the sociology of emotion, the book is distinctive in arguing that religion is an essential backdrop for understanding emotion. In making this claim the author provides a key to re-establishing links between the sociology of religion and the wider discipline of sociology.

General

Imprint:	Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Rethinking Classical Sociology
Release date:	August 2005
First published:	2005
Authors:	Jonathan S Fish
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	216
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7546-4138-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7546-4138-4
Barcode:	9780754641384

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