SOC 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Collective Effervescence, Collective Unconscious, Protestant Work Ethic
29 Oct 2017
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Saturday, february 13, 2016 soc1100 reading - chapter 16 religion. Shiva - the ritual week of mourning following the death of a jew. In canada 80 % of adults believe god exists. Collective effervescence - feeling like a part of something larger than we are - Vancouver olympic games canada vs us hockey nal. When people live together they comes to share common sentiment and values. Collective conscience - compromises the common sentiments and values that people share as a result of living together. Sometimes experience collective unconscious directly - causes us to distinguish profane word from religious. Totems - objects that symbolize the sacred. Rituals - in durkheim"s usage are public practices designed to connect people to the sacred. Function of rituals and of religious as a whole is to reinforce social solidarity. Theory of suicide - predicts a lower suicide rate when causal solidarity increases and a higher suicide rate when social solidarity decreases.
