Godless Intellectuals?

<ul> <li> Establishes connection between Durkheimian sociology and poststructuralism both textually and sociologically</li> <li> Presents a revolutionary re-reading of an important part of 20th century French intellectual history</li> <li> Provides a sociological theory for understanding intellectual work and lives that is attentive to both macro- and micro-levels</li> <li> Presents a new perspective on the ways in which religious experience and categories (especially the sacred) are implicated in cultural realms ostensibly outside of religion</li></ul>