to Die? 2017 marked the centenary anniversary of Durkheim's death, but it also inaugurated a new phase of life for the British Centre for Durkheimian Studies, which moved into its new home in Oxford's Faculty of Theology and Religion at the
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Society, Morality, Embodiment
Tracing Durkheim's Legacy
Sondra L. Hausner
In Memoriam
Philippe Besnard (1942–2003)
W. S. F. Pickering
The British Centre for Durkheimian Studies has suffered a severe blow with the sad death of Philippe Besnard. He has continually supported the Centre from the time when it was founded in 1991, and indeed he might be called one of its ‘founding fathers’.
Personal Recollections of Durkheim, Mauss, the Family and Others
Claudette Kennedy, W. S. F. Pickering, and Nick Allen
The late Mrs Claudette Kennedy was a niece of Mauss and a great niece of Durkheim. On 1 September 1992, Bill Pickering (WP) and Nick Allen (NA) – of the then recently formed British Centre for Durkheimian Studies at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Oxford University – met Claudette Kennedy (CK) in her house in Oxford and recorded a conversation with her. She had certain firm memories of Emile Durkheim, her great uncle, but more of Marcel Mauss. In all probability, she was the only person then alive with such memories, especially those of Durkheim. Pierre Mauss might have had recollections of Marcel Mauss but his memory was said to be failing.
In Durkheimian Studies
- Published (Print):
- 01 Dec 2010
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- Research Article
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- 36–56 (21 total)
In Memoriam
W. S. F. Pickering
William Watts Miller
ground for a Centre of Durkheimian Studies, and initiated, in ‘retirement’, the most productive period of his academic life. The British Centre for Durkheimian Studies, Oxford: 1991–2014 The centre was formed in October 1991, with its base in the
The Current State of Anomie in Angola
Ruy Llera Blanes
of social change, activism and possibility. Notes 1 I am thankful to the British Centre for Durkheimian Studies, and to Sondra Hausner in particular, for providing a venue to reflect upon this particular aspect of Durkheimian thought. I also
In Durkheimian Studies
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- 01 Dec 2017
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- Research Article
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- 26–39 (14 total)
From Durkheim to Hocart
Sacred Resources and the Quest for ‘Life’
Roland Hardenberg
revised version of a paper presented at the workshop ‘Why Did Durkheim Have to Die?’ held at St Peter's College, Oxford, on behalf of the British Centre for Durkheimian Studies, Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford, on 28 September 2017
In Durkheimian Studies
- Published (Print):
- 01 Dec 2017
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- Research Article
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- 40–56 (17 total)
From India to Australia and Back Again
An Alternative Genealogy of The Elementary Forms of Religious Life
Sondra L. Hausner
real terms of religious language. Acknowledgements Earlier forms of this article were presented first at a Study Day co-hosted by the British Centre for Durkheimian Studies, Oxford's Faculty of Theology and Religion, and the Orientophilia
In Durkheimian Studies
- Published (Print):
- 01 Dec 2017
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 128–144 (17 total)