Durkheim(2)

Question 1

Religion

Religion book

Answer 1

The Elementary forms of Religious life(1912)

Question 2

Religion

Religion(4)

Answer 2

Sacred & Profane
Rel beliefs
Rel rituals
Church or single overarching moral community

Question 3

Religion

Sacred

Answer 3

Forbidden & kept apart
Inspire awe,reverance,obligation
Superior to profane & man

Question 4

Religion

Religious beliefs(3)

Answer 4

Meaning of sacred objs
R/nship bw sacred objs
R/nship bw sacred & profane objs

Question 5

Religion

Religious rites/rituals

Answer 5

Rules of conduct wrt behaviour in presence of sacred things

Question 6

Religion

Totemism characteristics

Answer 6

Symbol
Engraving
Prohibition of killing
Hierarchy of sacredness

Question 7

Religion

Engraving on

Answer 7

Churinga(piece of wood)
Objs
Bodies of clan membs

Question 8

Religion

Hierarchy of sacredness

Answer 8

Totemic symbol>Totemic plant/animal>Clan membs>Clan objs

Question 9

Religion

Why totem born

Answer 9

During Collective effervescence(grp character)->altered/elevated experience

Question 10

Religion

Rituals of Arunta

Answer 10

+ve cults(eg.Intichiuma)
-ve cults

Question 11

Religion

Totem in modern society(2)

Answer 11

• Robert Bellah(civil religion in US)
• Science destroys religious belief but not religious action

Question 12

Suicide

Suicide book

Answer 12

Le Suicide(1897)

Question 13

Suicide

Method adopted in suicide study

Answer 13

Doctor Said MRI
Data
Simple negation
Multivariate analysis
Reliability
Interpretative Typology building

Question 14

Suicide

Data

Answer 14

collection(26k cases, 30 yrs)

Question 15

Suicide

Simple Negation

Answer 15

• Climate, race, mental illness etc
• Imitation teory of Gabriel Tarde
• Ger->High SR(existing expl:race)->countered: Ger majority province in Austria-Hungary empire->low SR

Question 16

Suicide

Multi-variate analysis

Answer 16

Finding causality
* High SR in Protestants, Men, Unmarried, Wartime
* Religion-suicide r/nship(Switzerland->French Ger Cantons->high SR in Protestants)

Question 17

Suicide

Reliability

Answer 17

case study of Jews

Question 18

Suicide

Interpretative Typology building

Answer 18

• Used “Theory of Human nature”->Integration & Regulation: causal variables which explained suicide rates
• Moved away from empirical investigation

Question 19

Suicide

Types

Answer 19

INTEGRATION
low-Egoistic
high-Altruistic
REGULATION
low-Anomic
high-Fatalistic

Question 20

Suicide

Suicide egs

Answer 20

Egoistic(Protestants, Unmarried)
Altruistic(Rev Jim Jones)
Anomic(Boom-bust cycles)
Fatalistic(slave, men marry too young)

Question 21

Suicide

Sequence

Answer 21

Diff grps->Diff collective sentiments->Diff social currents(affect indivl decisions abt suicide)->Diff Suicide Rates