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| emile durkheim sociology: Sociology and Philosophy (Routledge Revivals) Emile Durkheim, 2009-12-15 First published in English in 1953, this volume represents a collection of three essays written by seminal sociologist and philsopher Emile Durkheim in which he puts forward the thesis that society is both a dynamic system and the seat of moral life. Each essay stands alone, but their connecting thread is the dialectic demonstration that a phenomenon, be a sociological or psychological one, is relatively independent of its matrix. The essays provide a valuable insight into Durkeheimian thought on sociological and philsophical matters and offer an excellent guide to Durkheim for students of both disciplines. |
| emile durkheim sociology: Readings from Emile Durkheim Prof Kenneth Thompson, 2004-08-02 Emile Durkheim is regarded as a founding father of sociology, and is studied in all basic sociology courses. This handy textbook is a key collection of translations from Durkheim's major works. |
| emile durkheim sociology: Emile Durkheim Mustafa Emirbayer, 2008-04-15 This comprehensive volume ranges across the entire spectrum of contemporary sociological inquiry, as seen by Durkheim. It also includes secondary readings by social thinkers of today, connecting the classic writings of Durkheim to contemporary issues. Organizes Durkheim's writings thematically, in a comprehensive collection Includes selections from Durkheim's best-known writings as well as less widely-known texts that explore the themes of modern sociology Contains secondary readings by key contemporary social thinkers today Connects the classic writings of Durkheim to contemporary issues Includes a substantial editorial introduction by a leading Durkheim scholar |
| emile durkheim sociology: Education and Sociology Émile Durkheim, 1956 |
| emile durkheim sociology: Emile Durkheim Stephen Turner, 2003-09-02 International scholarship over the last twenty years has produced a new understanding of Emile Durkheim as a thinker. It has contributed to reassembling what, for Durkheim, was always a whole: a sociological selection on morals and moral activism. This volume presents an overview of Durkheim's thought and is representative of the best of contemporary Durkheim scholarship. |
| emile durkheim sociology: Rules of Sociological Method Emile Durkheim, 1982-12 First published in 1895: Emile Durkheim's masterful work on the nature and scope of sociology--now with a new introduction and improved translation by leading scholar Steven Lukes.The Rules of the Sociological Method is among the most important contributions to the field of sociology, still debated among scholars today. Through letters, arguments, and commentaries on significant debates, Durkheim confronted critics, clarified his own position, and defended the objective scientific method he applied to his study of humans. This updated edition offers an introduction and extra notes as well as a new translation to improve the clarity and accessibility of this essential work. In the introduction, Steven Lukes, author of the definitive biography Emile Durkheim: His Life and Work, spells out Durkheim's intentions, shows the limits of Durkheim's view of sociology, and presents its political background and significance. Making use of the various texts in this volume and Durkheim's later work, Lukes discusses how Durkheim's methodology was modified or disregarded in practice--and how it is still relevant today. With substantial notes on context, this user-friendly edition will greatly ease the task of students and scholars working with Durkheim's method--a view that has been a focal point of sociology since its original publication. The Rules of the Sociological Method will engage a new generation of readers with Durkheim's rich contribution to the field. |
| emile durkheim sociology: Emile Durkheim W. S. F. Pickering, 2001 A five volume collection of scholarly journal articles and chapters from books covering the subject of Emile Durkheim's work. The five volumes are thematically organized in the following sections: Volume I: 1. Durkheim: The man himself, 2. General sociology. Volume II: 3. Religion, 4. Epistemology and the philosophy of science. Volume III: 5. Morality and ethics, 6. Political sociology. Volume IV: 7. Suicide and anomie, 8. Division of labour and economics, 9. EducationP |
| emile durkheim sociology: Emile Durkheim Robert Alun Jones, 1986-01-01 Professor Jones gives a succinct and critical analysis of the sociological theories and methodology of Emile Durkheim. He focuses on four of Durkheim's books -- The Division Of Labour In Society (1893), The Rules Of Sociological Method (1895) and The Elementary Forms Of Religious Life (1912). With an illuminating chapter analysis of each work, this text is ideal for undergraduate and graduate students. |
| emile durkheim sociology: The Rules of Sociological Method Emile Durkheim, |
| emile durkheim sociology: The Sociology of Emile Durkheim Robert A. Nisbet, 1974 |
| emile durkheim sociology: Emile Durkheim and the Reformation of Sociology Stjepan G. Mestrovic, 1988-11-28 This book proposes a new representation of Emile Durkheim, as the philosopher and moralist who wanted to renovate rationalism, challenge positivism, reform sociology, and extend Schopenhauer's philosophy to the new domain of sociology. Above all, it highlights Durkheim's vision of sociology as the 'science of morality' that would eventually replace moralities based on religion. |
| emile durkheim sociology: Émile Durkheim and the Collective Consciousness of Society Kenneth SmithKenneth Smith, 2014-08-01 This volume sets out to explore the use of Émile Durkheim’s concept of the ‘collective consciousness of society’, and represents the first ever book-length treatment of this underexplored topic. Operating from both a criminological and sociological perspective, Kenneth Smith argues that Durkheim’s original concept must be sensitively revised and suitably updated for its real relevance to come to the fore. Major adjustments to Durkheim’s concept of the collective consciousness include Smith’s compelling arguments that the model does not apply to everyone equally, and that Durkheim’s concept does not in any way rely on what might be called the disciplinary functions of society. |
| emile durkheim sociology: On Institutional Analysis Emile Durkheim, 2013-04-01 Ranging from Durkheim's original lecture in sociology to an excerpt from the work incomplete at his death, these selections illuminate his multiple approaches to the crucial concept of social solidarity and the study of institutions as diverse as the law, morality, and the family. Durkheim's focus on social solidarity convinced him that sociology must investigate the way that individual behavior itself is the product of social forces. As these writings make clear, Durkheim pursued his powerful model of sociology through many fields, eventually synthesizing both materialist and idealist viewpoints into his functionalist model of society. |
| emile durkheim sociology: Emile Durkheim Kenneth Thompson, 2002 This classic series provides students with concise and readable introductions to the work, life and influence of the great sociological thinkers. |
| emile durkheim sociology: Emile Durkheim Steven Lukes, 1985 This study of Durkheim seeks to help the reader to achieve a historical understanding of his ideas and to form critical judgments about their value. To some extent these tow aims are contradictory. On the one hand, one seeks to understand: what did Durkheim really mean, how did he see the world, how did his ideas related to one another and how did they develop, how did they related to their biographical and historical context, how were they received, what influence did they have and to what criticism were they subjected, what was it like not to make certain distinctions, not to see certain errors, of fact or of logic, not to know what has subsequently become known? On the other hand, one seeks to assess: how valuable and how valid are the ideas, to what fruitful insights and explanations do they lead, how do they stand up to analysis and to the evidence, what is their present value? Yet it seems that it is only by inducing oneself not to see and only by seeing them that one can make a critical assessment. The only solution is to pursue both aims--seeing and not seeing--simultaneously. More particularly, this book has the primary object of achieving that sympathetic understanding without which no adequate critical assessment is possible. It is a study in intellectual history which is also intended as a contribution to sociological theory. |
| emile durkheim sociology: Emile Durkheim on the Family Mary Ann Lamanna, 2001-10-24 This valuable source for a systematic and comprehensive understanding of Durkheim′s ideas on the family constitutes a major addition to the literature on the family, social theory, women′s studies, and family law. Highly recommended for upper-division undergraduates and above. -CHOICE Emile Durkheim on the Family is intended to bring attention to this classical sociologist′s work on the family. Durkheim′s writings in this area are little known, but the family was nevertheless one of his primary interests, the subject of an intended book that was never written. Durkheim′s ideas on the family appear only in scattered sources and a number of those sources have not been translated into English. Durkheim′s Sociology of the family has not heretofore been presented and analyzed holistically. The purpose of Lamanna′s book is to bring together Durkheim′s ideas on the family from diverse sources and to present his family sociology systematically and comprehensively. Quotations from Durkheim′s writing or speaking enrich the analysis. Durkheim′s work on the family is situated in its historical context and comparisons are drawn to present-day sociology of the family is situated in its historical context and comparisons are drawn to present-day sociology of the family and family issues. Chapter topics include: Durkheim′s life and times His evolutionary theory of the family Methodologies for studying the family The changing relationship of kin Conjugal family and the state The interior of the family Family policy Gender Sexuality An examination of Durkheim′s work on the family reveals its close connections to his wee-known books and theories. Emile Durkheim on the Family should interest audiences in sociology of the family, social theory, family science, European intellectual history women′s studies, legal history, and those generally interested in family studies and / or nineteenth and early twentieth century Europe. |
| emile durkheim sociology: Émile Durkheim Marcel Fournier, 2024-05-13 This book will become the standard work on the life and thought of Émile Durkheim, one of the great founding fathers of sociology. Durkheim remains one of the most widely read thinkers in the social sciences and every student of sociology, anthropology and related subjects must study his now-classic books. He brought about a revolution in the social sciences: the defence of the autonomy of sociology as a science, the systematic elaboration of rules and methods for studying the social, the condemnation of racial theories, the critique of Eurocentrism and the rehabilitation of the humanity of 'the primitive'. He defended the dignity of the individual, the freedom of the press, democratic institutions and the essential liberal values of tolerance and pluralism. At the same time he was critical of laisser-faire economics and he defended the values of solidarity and community life. In many ways, Durkheim's rich intellectual heritage has become part of the self-understanding of our time. Despite his enormous influence, the last major biography of Durkheim appeared more than 30 years ago. Since then, the opening up of archives and the discovery of manuscripts, correspondence with friends and close collaborators, administrative reports and notes taken by students have all provided a wealth of new material about his life and work. Meticulously documented, Marcel Fournier’s new biography sheds fresh light on Durkheim’s personality and character, his relationship with Judaism, his family life, his relations with friends and collaborators, his political and administrative responsibilities and his political views. This book will be indispensable to students and scholars throughout the social sciences and will appeal to a wide readership interested in knowing more about the life and work of one of the most original and influential thinkers of the twentieth century. |
| emile durkheim sociology: Émile Durkheim on Morality and Society Émile Durkheim, 1973 |
| emile durkheim sociology: MORAL EDUCATION Emile Durkheim, 1973-10 18 lectures by an influential theorist who discusses school as an appropriate setting for moral education. A pioneer of sociology, Durkheim explains the first element in fostering morality as the development of a sense of discipline, followed by a willingness to behave in accordance with collective interest, and a sense of autonomy. |
| emile durkheim sociology: Pragmatism and Sociology Emile Durkheim, 1983-04-21 |
| emile durkheim sociology: Durkheim on Politics and the State Émile Durkheim, Anthony Giddens, 1986 Durkheim's writins on politlcal theory and the nature of government have been among the most neglected of his contributions to modern social science. The editor, one of the first to argue the importance of Durkheim's political thought, has assembled the first English-language collection of that author's significant writings on politics, government, the nature and function of the state, socialism, and Marxism. The introductory essay provides a critical appraisal of Durkehim's political ideas and situates them within the framework of the author's general sociology and social philosophy. The selections are taken from a wide range of Durkheim's writings--books, lecture series, review articles--and almost all appear in new translations. Several of these works have been, up to this time, poorly rendered or unavailable in English. |
| emile durkheim sociology: Sociology and Philosophy Émile Durkheim, 2010 First published in English in 1953, this volume represents a collection of three essays written by seminal sociologist and philsopher Emile Durkheim in which he puts forward the thesis that society is both a dynamic system and the seat of moral life. Each essay stands alone, but their connecting thread is the dialectic demonstration that a phenomenon, be a sociological or psychological one, is relatively independent of its matrix. The essays provide a valuable insight into Durkeheimian thought on sociological and philsophical matters and offer an excellent guide to Durkheim for students of both disciplines. |
| emile durkheim sociology: Suicide, a Study in Sociology Émile Durkheim, 1999 |
| emile durkheim sociology: Durkheim and the Birth of Economic Sociology Philippe Steiner, 2024-05-14 An illuminating account of the development of Durkheim's economic sociology Émile Durkheim's work has traditionally been viewed as a part of sociology removed from economics. Rectifying this perception, Durkheim and the Birth of Economic Sociology is the first book to provide an in-depth look at the contributions made to economic sociology by Durkheim and his followers. Philippe Steiner demonstrates the relevance of economic factors to sociology and shows how the Durkheimians inform today's economic systems. Steiner argues that there are two stages in Durkheim's approach to the economy—a sociological critique of political economy and a sociology of economic knowledge. In his early works, Durkheim critiques economists and their categories, and tries to analyze the division of labor from a social rather than economic perspective. From the mid-1890s onward, Durkheim's preoccupations shifted to questions of religion and the sociology of knowledge. Durkheim's disciples, such as Maurice Halbwachs and François Simiand, synthesized and elaborated on Durkheim's first-stage arguments, while his ideas on religion and the economy were taken up by Marcel Mauss. Steiner indicates that the ways in which the Durkheimians rooted the sociology of economic knowledge in the educational system allows for an invaluable perspective on the role of economics in modern society, similar to the perspective offered by Max Weber's work. Recognizing the power of the Durkheimian approach, Durkheim and the Birth of Economic Sociology assesses the effect of this important thinker and his successors on one of the most active fields in contemporary sociology. |
| emile durkheim sociology: The Rules of Sociological Method Emile Durkheim, 2014-02-25 Revised for the first time in over thirty years, this edition of Emile Durkheim’s masterful work on the nature and scope of sociology is updated with a new introduction and improved translation by leading scholar Steven Lukes that puts Durkheim’s work into context for the twenty-first century reader. The Rules of Sociological Method represents Emile Durkheim’s manifesto for sociology. He argues forcefully for the objective, scientific, and methodological underpinnings of sociology as a discipline and establishes guiding principles for future research. The substantial new introduction by leading Durkheim scholar Steven Lukes explains and sets into context Durkheim’s arguments. Lukes examines the still-controversial debates about The Rules of Sociological Method’s six chapters and explains their relevance to present-day sociology. The edition also includes Durkheim’s subsequent thoughts on method in the form of articles, debates with scholars from other disciplines, and letters. The original translation has been revised and reworked in order to make Durkheim’s arguments clearer and easier to read. This is an essential resource for students and scholars hoping to deepen their understanding of one of the pioneering voices in modern sociology and twentieth-century social thought. |
| emile durkheim sociology: Emile Durkheim on Institutional Analysis Emile Durkheim, 1978 Ranging from Durkheim's original lecture in sociology to an excerpt from the work incomplete at his death, these selections illuminate his multiple approaches to the crucial concept of social solidarity and the study of institutions as diverse as the law, morality, and the family. Durkheim's focus on social solidarity convinced him that sociology must investigate the way that individual behavior itself is the product of social forces. As these writings make clear, Durkheim pursued his powerful model of sociology through many fields, eventually synthesizing both materialist and idealist viewpoints into his functionalist model of society. |
| emile durkheim sociology: The Cambridge Companion to Durkheim Jeffrey C. Alexander, Philip Smith, 2005-05-26 An authoritative and comprehensive collection of essays redefining the relevance of Durkheim to the human sciences in the twenty-first century. |
| emile durkheim sociology: Readings from Emile Durkheim Emile Durkheim, Kenneth Thompson, 2004 This publication celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Journal of Documentation. It reviews the progress of documentation and information provision. |
| emile durkheim sociology: The Social Thought of Emile Durkheim Alexander Riley, 2014-02-04 This new volume of the SAGE Social Thinkers series provides a concise introduction to the work, life, and influences of Émile Durkheim, one of the informal “holy trinity” of sociology’s founding thinkers, along with Weber and Marx. The author shows that Durkheim’s perspective is arguably the most properly sociological of the three. He thought through the nature of society, culture, and the complex relationship of the individual to the collective in a manner more concentrated and thorough than any of his contemporaries during the period when sociology was emerging as a discipline. |
| emile durkheim sociology: Emile Durkheim's Contributions to Sociological Theory Charles Elmer Gehlke, 1915 |
| emile durkheim sociology: Émile Durkheim's Contributions to Sociological Theory Charles Elmer Gehlke, 1915 |
| emile durkheim sociology: Sociology and Mass Culture Patricia Cormack, 2004-01-01 Cormack investigates the broad cultural significance and relevance of academic sociology by examining its on-going relationship with modernity and mass culture. |
| emile durkheim sociology: Classical Sociological Theory Craig Calhoun, Joseph Gerteis, James Moody, Steven Pfaff, Indermohan Virk, 2012-01-17 This comprehensive collection of classical sociological theory is a definitive guide to the roots of sociology from its undisciplined beginnings to its current influence on contemporary sociological debate. Explores influential works of Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Mead, Simmel, Freud, Du Bois, Adorno, Marcuse, Parsons, and Merton Editorial introductions lend historical and intellectual perspective to the substantial readings Includes a new section with new readings on the immediate pre-history of sociological theory, including the Enlightenment and de Tocqueville Individual reading selections are updated throughout |
| emile durkheim sociology: Emile Durkheim and His Sociology Harry Alpert, 1966 |
| emile durkheim sociology: Emile Durkheim: Selected Writings Emile Durkheim, 1972-06 This is the first collection of Durkheim's writings to draw upon the total corpus of his work. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. |
| emile durkheim sociology: Durkheim Kieran Allen, Brian O'Boyle, 2017 A critical introduction to the sociology and politics of Emile Durkheim. |
| emile durkheim sociology: Emile Durkheim Robert Alun Jones, 1986 Professor Jones gives a succinct and critical analysis of the sociological theories and methodology of Emile Durkheim. He focuses on four of Durkheim's books -- The Division Of Labour In Society (1893), The Rules Of Sociological Method (1895) and The Elementary Forms Of Religious Life (1912). With an illuminating chapter analysis of each work, this text is ideal for undergraduate and graduate students. |
| emile durkheim sociology: The Elementary Forms of Religious Life Émile Durkheim, 2008-04-17 'If religion generated everything that is essential in society, this is because the idea of society is the soul of religion.' In The Elementary Forms of Religious Life (1912), Émile Durkheim set himself the task of discovering the enduring source of human social identity. He investigated what he considered to be the simplest form of documented religion - totemism among the Aborigines of Australia. Aboriginal religion was an avenue 'to yield an understanding of the religious nature of man, by showing us an essential and permanent aspect of humanity'. The need and capacity of men and women to relate socially lies at the heart of Durkheim's exploration, in which religion embodies the beliefs that shape our moral universe. The Elementary Forms has been applauded and debated by sociologists, anthropologists, ethnographers, philosophers, and theologians, and continues to speak to new generations about the origin and nature of religion and society. This new, lightly abridged edition provides an excellent introduction to Durkheim's ideas. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. |
| emile durkheim sociology: Suicide Émile Durkheim, 1951 Translated from French, this classic provides readers with an understanding of the impetus for suicide and its psychological impact on the victim, family, and society. |
Emile Durkheim | Biography, Theory, Anomie, & Facts | Britannica
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Oct 10, 2024 · Émile Durkheim is widely regarded as the father of sociology. He was a French sociologist and philosopher who lived from 1858 to 1917. Durkheim’s work had a significant …
Durkheim, Emile | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Émile Durkheim was a French sociologist who rose to prominence in the late 19 th and early 20 th centuries. Along with Karl Marx and Max Weber, he is credited as being one of the principal …
Emile Durkheim’s Contributions: Theories, Explanations, Examples
Oct 11, 2023 · Durkheim is credited with establishing sociology as a formal discipline. In doing so, Durkheim designed a rigorous methodology that combined “empirical research with …
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Durkheim wanted sociology recognized as an important discipline, distinct from political economy, psychology, history, or philosophy. He devoted his career to making this happen.
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Jul 27, 2022 · Emile Durkheim had three primary goals: Establishing sociology as an empirical discipline on par with the natural sciences. Analyzing how societies could maintain integrity …
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Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) stands as one of the founding figures of sociology, renowned for his significant contributions to understanding social phenomena through empirical research and …
Emile Durkheim | Biography, Theory, Anomie, & Facts | Britannica
May 24, 2025 · Emile Durkheim, French social scientist who developed a vigorous methodology combining empirical research with sociological theory. He is widely regarded as the founder of …
Émile Durkheim - Wikipedia
Durkheim's conception of the scientific study of society laid the groundwork for modern sociology, and he used such scientific tools as statistics, surveys, and historical observation in his …
Emile Durkheim's Theory - Simply Psychology
Feb 13, 2024 · Emile Durkheim, often called the “father of sociology” believed that society is composed of structures that function together, and that society has a structure of its own apart …
Emile Durkheim: Theories & Contributions to Sociology
Jun 17, 2024 · Emile Durkheim is considered the founder of sociology, having set up foundational sociological theories, the first European department of sociology and the first academic journal …
Émile Durkheim: The Father of Sociology and His Contributions …
Oct 10, 2024 · Émile Durkheim is widely regarded as the father of sociology. He was a French sociologist and philosopher who lived from 1858 to 1917. Durkheim’s work had a significant …
Durkheim, Emile | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Émile Durkheim was a French sociologist who rose to prominence in the late 19 th and early 20 th centuries. Along with Karl Marx and Max Weber, he is credited as being one of the principal …
Emile Durkheim’s Contributions: Theories, Explanations, Examples
Oct 11, 2023 · Durkheim is credited with establishing sociology as a formal discipline. In doing so, Durkheim designed a rigorous methodology that combined “empirical research with …
Biography of Durkheim – Classical Sociological Theory and …
Durkheim wanted sociology recognized as an important discipline, distinct from political economy, psychology, history, or philosophy. He devoted his career to making this happen.
Emile Durkheim - Major Concepts and Works | Sociology Plus
Jul 27, 2022 · Emile Durkheim had three primary goals: Establishing sociology as an empirical discipline on par with the natural sciences. Analyzing how societies could maintain integrity …
Emile Durkheim - Master Sociology
Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) stands as one of the founding figures of sociology, renowned for his significant contributions to understanding social phenomena through empirical research and …
