Late-Modern Symbolism: Continuity and Discontinuity Between the Modern and the Pre-Modern in Durkheim’s Work
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Late-Modern Symbolism : Continuity and Discontinuity Between the Modern and the Pre-Modern in Durkheim’s Work. / Andersen, Bjørn Schiermer.
I: Sociological Focus, Bind 48, Nr. 1, 12.01.2015, s. 49-67.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Late-Modern Symbolism
T2 - Continuity and Discontinuity Between the Modern and the Pre-Modern in Durkheim’s Work
AU - Andersen, Bjørn Schiermer
PY - 2015/1/12
Y1 - 2015/1/12
N2 - Through analysis of key texts, I seek to demonstrate the explanative potential of Durkheim’s sociology of religion in the present context. I critically readdress the idea, found in his early work, that modernity is characterized by a rupture with pre-modern forms of solidarity. First, I investigate the ways in which Durkheim sets up a stark distinction between the pre-modern and the modern in his early work, and how this distinction is further cemented by his orthodox critique of the modern economy and its negative effects on social life. Second, I show how another timeless and positive understanding of “mechanical” solidarity is to be found behind the “symbolist” template crystalizing in Durkheim’s late work. Third, I develop this template for a modern context by critically addressing and removing other obstacles and prejudices on Durkheim’s part.
AB - Through analysis of key texts, I seek to demonstrate the explanative potential of Durkheim’s sociology of religion in the present context. I critically readdress the idea, found in his early work, that modernity is characterized by a rupture with pre-modern forms of solidarity. First, I investigate the ways in which Durkheim sets up a stark distinction between the pre-modern and the modern in his early work, and how this distinction is further cemented by his orthodox critique of the modern economy and its negative effects on social life. Second, I show how another timeless and positive understanding of “mechanical” solidarity is to be found behind the “symbolist” template crystalizing in Durkheim’s late work. Third, I develop this template for a modern context by critically addressing and removing other obstacles and prejudices on Durkheim’s part.
U2 - 10.1080/00380237.2015.978935
DO - 10.1080/00380237.2015.978935
M3 - Journal article
VL - 48
SP - 49
EP - 67
JO - Sociological Focus
JF - Sociological Focus
SN - 0038-0237
IS - 1
ER -
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