… , and thus how we understand the social life of affect itself. Before exploring Durkheim as
an affect theorist, I will situate my reading of his work within current tensions in affect theory to …

… Durkheim’s own theory of the emotions. Central to this approach is the distinguishing of affect
… In the next section, I outline briefly a neo-Durkheimian social theory, before showing in the …

… For Durkheim, the collective effervescence evident in these rites was the hidden undergirding
of religion, morality, law, governance, and science. Both Durkheim and contemporary …

… Durkheim sheds light on how each of these contexts affects and channels the historical
process. Briefly put, the cultural environment encompasses those symbolic patterns, structures, …

… Later we will argue that when Durkheim describes emotions as socially … Durkheim's views
adds authority and legitimacy to the argument. Yet a careful examination of Durkheim's theory …

… I will argue here that Durkheim inaugurates a line of social-constructivist theory for the …
theory of cultural practice. To realign the origin of twentieth-century constructivism with Durkheim …

… I begin by focusing on the role of the body in Durkheim's theory of totemism, a theory which
demonstrates how society is expressed through collective representations or a symbolic …

… been largely neglected in social theory and research. As Shilling (… Of all the classical theorists,
Durkheim arguably paid the … Crucially, we can be emotionally affected by, or emotionally …

… We can identify within Durkheim’s theory some important points of continuity that underpin …
key topics and concepts that are crucial to his theory – an inquiry into the conditions that make …

… Social theories often turn on a key conception of affect, such as Émile Durkheim’s collective
sentiment and ritual effervescence, Max Weber’s charisma and Georg Simmel’s fidelity and …