Religion and the dualism of the social condition in Durkheim and Bataille

2025-01-22 Classification：Religion Click()
Author：Ramp, W

Article Title：Religion and the dualism of the social condition in Durkheim and Bataille

Abstract：
One important legacy of the College de sociologie is its development of certain Durkheimian themes, particularly those concerning religion. Both Durkheim and Bataille sought to understand religion and the sacred not as mere cultural phenomena but as defining features of personal, social and economic life. The members of the College, and especially Bataille, sought to subject both society and sociology to a radical form of interrogation. Like Durkheim, if in different ways, they sought to situate and address the commitments of social inquiry at the centre of their work rather than at its margins. This article suggests how Bataille can be said to have adopted and radicalized a Durkheimian emphasis on a dualism central to both person-hood and society, while rejecting a Durkheimian faith in an evolving sociological enlightenment.

Keywords: Durkheim; Bataille; sacred; transgression; collective effervescence; Collge de sociologie

DOI: 10.1080/0308514032000045807

Source：ECONOMY AND SOCIETY

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