(1858-1917) professor at Bordeaux and Paris; held social origins of religion; wrote Elementary Forms of the Religious Life ; sociological positivist; truth and falsehood are determined by the society not by what an individual thinks; even the laws of logic are a result of sociology; primitive religion not based on animism but on totemism.
DURKHEIM, EMILE
Meaning of DURKHEIM, EMILE in English
Theological and philosophical biography English dict. Английский словарь богословской и философской биографии . 2012