Question

French sociologist Emile Durkheim developed the notion of a fundamental dichotomy between which of the following sets of ideas that has been used by anthropologists in examining religion?

Answer 1

Answer:

Émile Durkheim, French sociologist, drafted The sacred–profane dichotomy which he considered the religion´s description: "religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, that is to say, things set apart and forbidden."  

Explanation:

Emile Durkheim a functionalist disciple against the positivist tradition, stated that religion helped social consolidation and provided means of control.

He supported sociology as a scientific study of society and focused on traditional and modern societies function´s facts, norms, values and structures evolution. He believed that families liaison and religion sharing structured the collective consciousness, division of labor and anomie the situation in which there is social norms and guidance are itemized.