The most important part of religion is how it becomes reanimated and not forgotten by its members. Durkheim touches on the process of reanimation by mentioning “The common faith becomes reanimated quite naturally in the heart of this reconstituted group; it is born again because it finds those very …show more content…
Durkheim argues that humans are not animals nor should be compared to animals. Humans are smarter but specifically more spiritual and complex than animals. This sense of spirituality that we humans have is unlike any other species that exist. Durkheim sees this important spiritual need and argues that religion is what fulfills the need. Religion is what makes us different than other species. Throughout the self-identification process, that religion is, our need to become social is developed. Durkheim argues that humans need to have the social world in order to survive which is rooted back to the need for religion. The arguments that Durkheim discusses prove more to his point on the psychological complexity of