Durkheim's theoretical development through the Sociologie Religieuse research programme

• Grant number: 19/20132-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate (Direct)
• Start date: January 07, 2020
• End date: September 30, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Sociology - Fundamentals of Sociology
• Principal Investigator: Fernando Antonio Pinheiro Filho
• Grantee: Romulo Lelis Lima
• Supervisor: Steven Lukes
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: New York University, United States
• Associated to the scholarship: 16/13339-4 - The collaboration between Durkheim and Mauss: the Durkheimian school and the 'sociologie religieuse' research programme, BP.DD

Abstract

This research aims to investigate Durkheim's late approach to religion within the development of the sociologie religieuse research programme, undertaken by Hubert and Mauss in the Année sociologique, in the light of the Durkheimian framework of the division of labor. In this regard, a set of Durkheim's works between 1906 and 1913 regarding religious phenomena was selected, mainly the creation of The Elemental Forms of Religious Life (1912). The main idea is to identify how Durkheim reinterpreted Hubert and Mauss' previous achievements in The Elemental Forms of Religious Life, in order to measure how Durkheim's theoretical shift fits in the research programme carried out by Hubert and Mauss. This is crucial for for the investigation of 1) the transformation of Durkheim's theory of religion under the influence of the works of Hubert and Mauss; and 2) Hubert and Mauss' construction of a theory of social action incorporated in Durkheim's theory. Thus, by testing these hypotheses concerning the impact of Hubert and Mauss' production on Durkheim's social theory, we will be able to ascertain if there was a collaboration between them in the Durkheimian school. (AU)