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To: D. Long who wrote (131696)	8/11/2005 3:13:36 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793866

I'm torn between the Marxist-derived Cultural Materialism and a more Idealist Durkheim-ish explanation. If Durkheim didn't fall into mysticism, he might have been spot-on. I did a major research paper in college on Durkheim's Division of Labor, which is a masterpiece. Anthropology disservices itself by ignoring his early work. Who do you have in mind for the cultural materialism arguments? I agree with the assessment of Durkheim's Division of Labor book but Suicide and his book on religion (title escapes me as I type) were important influences for me. The interesting thing about Division of Labor, as you may recall, is that Durkheim saw it as a major critique of Smithian economics.