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[...] Presses Universitaires de France, 2002 - Lévi-Strauss, Claude. "Introduction to the Work of Marcel Mauss", Sociology and Anthropology - under the direction of Marcel Mauss. Presses Universitaires de France pp. IX-LII. - Machiavel, N., The Inept Matchmaker, 1513 - Mead, M., Coming of age in Samoa, 1928 - Pottier, Richard. Anthropology of Myth 2. Ancestors and Founders of Dynasty in Lao Mythology. [...]
[...] This set being more or less formalized by law. In fact, we note particularly within the current of cultural anthropology issued from the 1920s the promotion of ethnographic studies on the ground to appreciate the diversity of cultures internalized by individuals of the same people. The conditions in which cultures are constructed, the basic hypothesis being that these cultures are diverse. The cultures of a given context are identical, we must therefore study the diversity of cultures to understand how we got there. [...]
[...] However, collective consciousness is brought to evolve in history. Indeed, Emile Durkheim conceives ideal types that distance traditional society from evolved or modern societies. His basic idea is to consider collective consciousness of a different nature because the relationships between individuals are not of the same nature. Therefore, we notice within traditional societies a division of labor that is weak or even non-existent. Now, we have today arrived at an evolved society. This evolution took place out of the necessity of a powerful institutional and moral will. [...]
[...] If collective consciousness has long been a factor of social cohesion we are today at a point where the sense of cohesion within society is undermined (II). Collective Consciousness according to Émile Durkheim Collective consciousness as described by Émile Durkheim allows us to understand the social fabric that constitutes us If we refer to the writings resulting from the works of Émile Durkheim, 'individuals pass, collective consciousness remains.' Therefore, collective consciousness implies a transcendent authority: instances that vary from one society to another. [...]
[...] However, the establishment of institutions at the European level can only be understood at the root of the understanding of the History of Europe. From then on and in an analogous manner, the fact of understanding where we are introduces scientific and historical aspects that we have tried to present. Bibliography : - Berque, Augustin. "Ruth Benedict, The Chrysanthemum and the Sword, presented by Augustin Berque", The Debate, vol no pp. 99-108. - Gazagnadou, Didier. The Diffusion of Techniques and Cultures. Essay. Kimé Editions, 2008 - Lévi-Strauss, Claude. Le totémisme aujourd'hui. [...]
