Tag Archives: Emile Durkheim

Humor and Religion: An Interview with David Feltmate, Pt. 2

* This is part two of a two-part interview with David Feltmate. Part one can be found here. Matt Sheedy: Could you say something about your general approach to the study of humor as a sociological category in relation to … Continue reading

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Call for Papers: NAASR Annual Meeting

NAASR Annual Meeting November 2013, Baltimore Call for Papers  The 2013 NAASR annual meeting, held jointly with the annual meetings of both the American Academy of Religion (AAR) and the Society for Biblical Literature (SBL), will take place in Baltimore … Continue reading

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Durkheim Disappoints

Upon rereading the main body of Durkheim’s Division of Labor in Society I was struck at how subtle and sophisticated he is. I thought I had remembered—from my previous experience with this material—that he used a superficial freedom/constraint binary. However, as … Continue reading

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