Durkheimian time

This article explores issues, in the Durkheimian tradition, to do with sacr ed time, rhythms and dynamics, collective memory, collective vision and tim e as a category. It discusses the work of Durkheim himself but also that of Hubert, Mauss and Halbwachs and, more recently, Nora and Maffesoli. It bri ngs out important differences in views in the Durkheimian group. It also li nks their theoretical and practical interests, above all through their inte rest in sacred time. For this reason it begins with Hubert's essay on how t he sacred 'seeds itself within time', and ends with modern 'semi-sacred' ti me.