A review by wiley01px2022
The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim, Émile Durkheim

3.0

Durkheim presents very interesting arguments about the basic definition of religion, including "primitive religion" that is centered around native populations. While some of the logic is based unfortunately based on a gendered and colonialist mindset, it still remains quite relevant to our view of religion and its purposes today. Though I'm not sure why most of the book is focused so heavily on JUST totemism. There are so many more types of religion that don't rely on totemism, and are equally different from religion we saw flourishing in Europe at the time.