Durkheim and the Jews of France Paperback / softback
by Ivan (University of California, Riverside) Strenski
Part of the Chicago Studies in History of Judaism CSHJ series
Paperback / softback
Description
Discussing the work of Emile Durkheim, the author of this study discounts the theory that there is anything "essentially" Jewish in his work.
He seeks to show that Durkheim's sociology (especially his sociology of religion), was formed in relation to 19th and 20th century Jewish intellectual life in France.
The book examines claims, some anti-Semitic, some not, for the Jewishness of Durkheim's work.
In each case Strenski overturns the claim while showing that it can nevertheless open up a fruitful enquiry into the relation of Durkheim to French Jewry.
For example, Strenski shows that Durkheim's celebration of ritual had no innately Jewish source, but derived crucially from work on Hinduism by the Jewish Indologist Sylvain Levi, whose influence on Durkheim and his followers has never been acknowledged.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:226 pages
- Publisher:The University of Chicago Press
- Publication Date:08/06/1997
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- ISBN:9780226777245
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:226 pages
- Publisher:The University of Chicago Press
- Publication Date:08/06/1997
- Category:
- ISBN:9780226777245
