Émile Durkheim

Giovanni Paoletti, Ph.D. in Philosophy (2000, University of Pisa) and in Sociology (2003, Sciences-Po, Paris), is full Professor of History of Philosophy at the University of Pisa (Italy). He is the author of several articles and a monograph on Durkheim (Durkheim et la philosophie. Représentation, réalité et lien social, Classiques Garnier, Paris 2012). Massimo Pendenza, Ph.D. in Sociology (Napoli 1998) is full professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for European Studies (CES) at the University of the Salerno (Italy). He is the author of several articles, monographs, and edited books on Classical Sociology (Classical Sociology Beyond Methodological Nationalism, Brill, Leiden and Boston, 2014).

• List of TablesIntroduction: Reversing the canon of Durkheim's sociologyMassimo Pendenza and Giovanni PaolettiPart I – A crossover between disciplines: The Elementary Forms of Religious Life1. Reason as a social faculty. The Elementary Forms of Religious Life and the sociological critique of Philosophical EnlightenmentNicola Marcucci2. Durkheim and the history of ancient religions: the strange case of the camel sacrificeGiovanni Paoletti3. Little Skeleton and the Rubber Duckie: Durkheim and the Invisible ReligionFabio Dei4. ‘Fusing morals and aesthetics’: The aesthetic foundations of the cosmopolitan social bond in Durkheim’s vision of ritual and religious life Dario Verderame5. Durkheim and the sociology of festivitiesPhilippe SteinerPart II - Beyond conservative Durkheim: society, solidarity, and politics6. ‘Elevating human dignity as a universal frame of reference’: Durkheim on the moral sources of solidarity in modern societiesMassimo Pendenza7. Towards a model of reflexive solidarityAmbrogio Santambrogio8. The government of society: Durkheim on the political, the State and democracy from a sociological perspective Francesco Callegaro9. Durkheim, “Europe” and BrexitDavid Inglis