A popular starting point is French sociologist Emile Durkheim and his 1912 treatise, “The Elementary Forms of Religious Life.” One of Durkheim’s most enduring legacies is how he defined religion in ...

Sigmund Freud, in his psychoanalytic theory, viewed suicide as a form of self-directed aggression. Emile Durkheim, in Le Suicide, identified lack of social integration and intense societal pressures ...

Theoretically, Kumbh is a great example of French sociologist Emile Durkheim’s concept of “collective effervescence.” It rests on two mutually reinforcing elements-shared action and shared ...