Locates Roger Bastide (1898-1974) in the general context of sociology as it developed in the generation following that of Emile Durkheim. This biography shows how he helped broaden the original agenda by taking interest in historical factors and paying attention to the work of ethnologists on so-called primitive societies.
Locates Roger Bastide (1898-1974) in the general context of sociology as it developed in the generation following that of Emile Durkheim. This biography shows how he helped broaden the original agenda by taking interest in historical factors and paying attention to the work of ethnologists on so-called primitive societies.
1. An Intellectual Biography 2. Breaking the Glass and Striking the Rock 3. Symbols, Memory and Anticipation: Sociology from Durkheim to Gurvitch 4. Civilizations Neither Meet Nor Clash; People Do 5. The Three Books on Afro-Brazilian Religions 6. The Paris Career: The World of French Ethnologists 7. Leaving Safe Ground: Acknowledging the Fluidity of Human Interaction 8. Candomblé as Paradigm for Translocal Religion 9. O Sagrado Selvagem as Corner Stone of a Theory of Religion 10. Study of Religion and Sociology of Knowledge 11. The Aesthetic Dimension, or the Black Hen Lays White Eggs