SOCA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Siddur, Effervescence, Social Inequality
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Hockey is canada"s national religion with 80% of people tuning in the hockey game between canada and u. s. at the 2010 vancouver winter. Stanley cup playoffs generate durkheim"s collective effervesce - excites us by making us feel part of something larger the spirit of canada gain a glimpse of eternity as we immerse ourselves in institutions. Durkheim said: collective conscience comprises the common sentiments and values that people share as a result of living together. We experience it directly causes us to distinguish the profane refers to the secular, everyday world from the sacred. Refers to the religious, transcendent world: we label totems objects that symbolize the sacred, we invent rituals public practices designed to connect people to the sacred reinforce social solidarity. Losing city"s hockey team causing men commit suicide during the hockey series durkheim"s theory of suicide = predicts a lower suicide rate when social solidarity increases.
