Brian Marick @marick@mstdn.social
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“In fact, Durkheim believed that as the more overtly religious aspects of the sacred became diluted, then we would replace them with human achievements and human nature. If we don’t have a god, we make humanity sacred (in what we would likely call humanism).” – bigthink.com/thinking/durkheim (1/3)

Is nothing sacred? How Durkheim defines the things that matter

All religions have totems, rites, and taboos that are considered "sacred." Émile Durkheim believed society is largely underpinned by them.

bigthink.com · Big Think

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