Massimo Rosati: 2 books
Ritual and the Sacred
A Neo-Durkheimian Analysis of Politics, Religion and the Self
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Ritual and the Sacred discusses some of the most important issues of modern socio-political life through the lens of a neo-Durkheimian perspective. Building on the main lesson of Durkheim's Elementary Forms of Religious Life, this book articulates values and practices common to non-Western and religious...
The Making of a Postsecular Society
A Durkheimian Approach to Memory, Pluralism and Religion in Turkey
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
Drawing on the thought of Durkheim, this volume focuses on societal changes at the symbolic level to develop a new conceptualisation of the emergence of postsecular societies. Neo-Durkheimian categories are applied to the case of Turkey, which in recent years has shifted from a strong Republican and...