Abstract
[...]Fish argues that the focus on the non-rational grounding of religion and morality in Durkheim's writings discloses important links between these writings and certain contemporary developments in the sociology of emotions, links that could renovate the field of the sociology of religion. What connects all of these themes is the author's analysis of the crucial role of emotion in Durkheim's theory of social solidarity. Fish then uses the developed theory of the Forms to trace its gradual emergence in Durkheim's earlier writings on moral education and professional ethics, and back to his first major publication, De la division du travail social.