Download or read book The Elementary Forms of Religious Life written by Émile Durkheim and published by Oxford Paperbacks. This book was released on 2008-04-17 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Elementary Forms of Religious Life, Durkheim investigated the enduring source of human social identity and fellowship by studying the simplest form of documented religion, totemism among the Aborigines of Australia. His book about the origin and nature of religion and society continues to enthrall sociologists, anthropologists, ethnographers, philosophers, and theologians.