Beschreibung:
Jonathan Fish is at the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds, UK.
Making an important contribution both to studies of Durkheim and the Durkheimian tradition and to the sociology of emotion, this book is distinctive in arguing that religion is an essential backdrop for understanding emotion. In making this claim Jonathan Fish provides a key to re-establishing links between the sociology of religion and the wider discipline of sociology.
Contents: Setting the scene; ÿmile Durkheim's The Elementary Forms of Religious Life; ÿmile Durkheim's lectures on Moral Education; ÿmile Durkheim's lectures on Professional Ethics and Civic Morals; ÿmile Durkheim's The Division of Labour in Society and The Two Laws of Penal Evolution; Talcott Parsons's The Structure of Social Action; Talcott Parsons's post-war writings on religion; Jean Baudrillard's 'implosive' critique of the Durkheimian tradition; Stjepan Meštrovic's and Michel Maffesoli's 'implosive' defence of the Durkheimian tradition; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.