ANTH 209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Collective Effervescence, French Revolution, Formal System
5 May 2019
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Durkheim: 3 components of his definition of religion: (1) the sacred vs. the profane. There are rules on how one ought to relate to the sacred if you are not ritually prepared to be a sacred, it could be dangerous, rules on how you can/should approach the sacred. The sacred is defined by its form, but can take different forms (2) important relationship between beliefs and practices. Gain access to understand the things that people consider sacred. Emotional occasions, people are brought together occasions of heightened social awareness. Moment when people are transformed as a unified whole as a response to rites. A ritual or a rite is religious if its object is sacred (3) religion is social. Society sets something apart as it sets it apart, it produces a representation/idea of what the sacred is and what it ought to be.
