This thinker stated that the defining element of a religion is the division of the world into the sacred and the profane.
This thinker stated that the defining element of a religion is the division of the world into the sacred and the profane. He posited a transition from "mechanical" to "organic" solidarity in one work, and laid out the rules for his field in another. This writer of The (*) Division of Labor in Society and The Rules of Sociological Method found that Protestants, Scandinavians, and soldiers were more likely to undergo the egoistic or anomic versions of a certain activity. For 10 points, name this French sociologist, who wrote Suicide.
This thinker stated that the defining element of a religion is the division of the world into the sacred and the profane.
Émile {Durkheim}