By Donald A. Nielsen
3 Faces of God bargains a brand new interpretation of Emile Durkheim's social philosophy. It demanding situations the present view of him as essentially a systematic sociologist who pointed out sociology with the examine of collective representations. Nielsen argues that Durkheim used to be a sociological monist who constructed an idea of social substance and a thought of society, faith and the kinds of figuring out strikingly just like Spinoza's philosophy. The e-book presents a accomplished exam of Durkheim's significant and minor writings, particularly his idea of faith and the kinds, and compares his paintings with Aristotle, Bacon, Kant, and Renouvier. the writer areas Durkheim's concept within the context of an stumble upon among conventional non secular beliefs, particularly Judaism, and modernizing clinical and philosophical currents.
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