EMILE DURKHEIM The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life

TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY JOSEPH WARD SWAIN M.A.

LONDON GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD RUSKIN HOUSE MUSEUM STREET

FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1915 SECOND IMPRESSION 1926 THIRD IMPRESSION 1954 FOURTH IMPRESSION 1957 FIFTH IMPRESSION 1964

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