The Elementary Forms of Religious Life: Discursive Monument, Symbolic Feast
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https://doi.org/10.29173/cjs22189Keywords:
Sacred, Solidarity, Morality, Durkheim, Human Sciences, Social TheoryAbstract
This article is the introduction to the Special Issue on Durkheim's Elementary Forms of Religious Life: Contemporary Engagements.References
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