# Durkheim on MANA - The Original "Floating Signifier" // 179

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Podcast: [PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/plasticpills-critical-theory-philosophy-708721)
Published: 2026-04-06T14:25:02+00:00
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## Resource

Find All Episodes ad-free at https://www.patreon.com/c/plasticpills. We read Durkheim's Elementary forms of Religious Life (https://amzn.to/4c1ubkB) and try to get a hold on a primordial concept, what for Claude Levi-Strauss exemplifies the floating signifier: it's MANA (originally recorded 08/24).

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