HSRP-524
Durkheim held that a gathered group fixes its shared intensity on its emblems as the sacred, so the reason ends in the group.
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1. Header
2. The claim, in full
Durkheim held that a gathered group fixes its shared intensity on its emblems as the sacred, so the reason ends in the group.
Cited on: /the-hive-mind, THE RELIGIOUS HIVE MIND › The working parts. Entered 2026-10-12 with the /the-hive-mind rewrite; tag NEW-W3a-5.
3. What it rests on
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Émile Durkheim held that a gathered group's shared intensity, its "collective effervescence", is fixed on the group's emblems as the sacred: in his theory the sacred is the group represented to itself [SRC-959]. The reason ends in the group.
Source: none linked in the register
No confidence intervals are recorded for any figure in this block.
4. Sources
No source is linked to this observation in the register.
5. Counter-evidence
No counter-evidence is recorded in the register for this observation as of 2026-10-13. No search for counter-evidence has been recorded for this observation.
6. Why this grade
ESTABLISHED as his position; as an account of all religion CONTESTED
The register defines CONTESTED as: Disputed in the underlying science; the dispute is stated rather than omitted.
7. Correction history
8. Related observations
- HSRP-455 · PROBABLE · With a center, most members follow a reset and refusers leave; without one, a body splits.Relation: not recorded
- HSRP-525 · WORKING · Whitehouse's doctrinal mode supplies a center and a channel and his imagistic mode a fence; joined and turned on doubt, they give the cult's form.Relation: not recorded
- HSRP-526 · CONTESTED · Strict demands screen out free riders and bind those who stay, and the stricter religious communes lasted longer; that strictness makes churches grow is disputed.Relation: not recorded
- HSRP-527 · WORKING · Sanctions price dissent, from Spinoza's ban in 1656 to shunning today, and parties and professions use them too: the sanction is a group's act, not a faith's.Relation: not recorded
- HSRP-528 · PROBABLE · A religious center reaches common practice more readily than private conduct: after Humanae Vitae most American Catholics rejected its ban on contraception, and the Soviet state's atheist monopoly closed churches but largely failed to produce atheist conviction.Relation: not recorded
9. Where this appears on the site
Content pages that cite this observation inline:
- The Programmable Hive Mind“Durkheim held that a gathered group fixes its shared intensity on its emblems as the sacred, so the reason ends in the group — ESTABLISHED as his position; as an account of all religion CONTESTED”
10. Open questions
Not yet recorded for this observation.
11. Machine block
The register record this page was generated from, with the derived fields added:
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