Resumen Este trabajo somete a revisión dos aparentes limitaciones señaladas recurrentemente en la obra de Durkheim: la omisión del tema del poder y la consideración de las emociones como una categoría residual en su explicación del mundo social. Frente a ello se sostiene que la dimensión emocional, pese a no ser trabajada sistemáticamente por este autor, forma parte integral de su perspectiva y constituye una vía de acceso a su visión sobre el poder. Nuestro análisis, centrado en pasajes del libro Las formas elementales de la vida religiosa, hace uso de conceptos procedentes de la sociología de las emociones para destacar los alcances y límites de la perspectiva durkheimiana, y toma como referencia las nociones de autoridad moral y efervescencia colectiva.
Abstract This paper discusses two apparent limitations repeatedly highlighted in Durkheim’s work: the omission of the issue of power and the consideration of emotions as a residual category in his explanation of the social world. In response to this, it is argued that the emotional dimension, despite not being systematically explored by this author, is an integral part of his perspective, constituting means of accessing his vision of power. Our analysis, focusing on passages from The Elementary Forms of Religious Life, uses concepts from the sociology of emotions to highlight the scope and limits of the Durkheimian perspective, taking the notions of moral authority and collective effervescence as reference.
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