脡mile Durkheim (Author of Suicide)

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脡mile Durkheim

Born

in 脡pinal, France

April 15, 1858

Died

November 15, 1917

Genre

Social Sciences

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Immanuel Kant, Ibn Khaldun, Ren茅 Descartes, Plato,Herbert Spencer, Ari ...more

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Much of Durkheim's work was concerned with how societies could maintain their integrity and coherence in modernity; an era in which traditional social and religious ties are no longer assumed, and in which new social institutions have come into being. His first major sociological work was The Division of Labor in Society (1893). In 1895, he published his Rules of the Sociological Method and set up the first European department of sociology, becoming France's first professor of sociology.

In 1896, he established the journal L'Ann茅e Sociologique. Durkheim's seminal monograph, Suicide (1897), a study of suicide rates amongst Catholic and Protestant populations, pioneered modern social research and served to distinguish social science from psych Much of Durkheim's work was concerned with how societies could maintain their integrity and coherence in modernity; an era in which traditional social and religious ties are no longer assumed, and in which new social institutions have come into being. His first major sociological work was The Division of Labor in Society (1893). In 1895, he published his Rules of the Sociological Method and set up the first European department of sociology, becoming France's first professor of sociology.

In 1896, he established the journal L'Ann茅e Sociologique. Durkheim's seminal monograph, Suicide (1897), a study of suicide rates amongst Catholic and Protestant populations, pioneered modern social research and served to distinguish social science from psychology and political philosophy. The Elementary Forms of Religious Life (1912), presented a theory of religion, comparing the social and cultural lives of aboriginal and modern societies.

Durkheim was also deeply preoccupied with the acceptance of sociology as a legitimate science. He refined the positivism originally set forth by Auguste Comte, promoting what could be considered as a form of epistemological realism, as well as the use of the hypothetico-deductive model in social science. For him, sociology was the science of institutions,[citation needed] its aim being to discover structural social facts. Durkheim was a major proponent of structural functionalism, a foundational perspective in both sociology and anthropology. In his view, social science should be purely holistic; that is, sociology should study phenomena attributed to society at large, rather than being limited to the specific actions of individuals.

He remained a dominant force in French intellectual life until his death in 1917, presenting numerous lectures and published works on a variety of topics, including the sociology of knowledge, morality, social stratification, religion, law, education, and deviance. Durkheimian terms such as "collective consciousness" have since entered the popular lexicon. ...more

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	Suicide: A Study in Sociology by 脡mile Durkheim, John A. Spaulding (Translator), George Simpson (Editor) 3.85 avg rating — 4,308 ratings — published 1897 — 219 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Elementary Forms of Religious Life 3.93 avg rating — 3,648 ratings — published 1912 — 245 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Division of Labor in Society by 脡mile Durkheim, Lewis A. Coser 3.84 avg rating — 2,244 ratings — published 1893 — 142 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rules of Sociological Method 3.76 avg rating — 1,877 ratings — published 1895 — 212 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Emile Durkheim on Morality and Society (Heritage of Sociology Series) by 脡mile Durkheim, Robert N. Bellah (Editor) 3.88 avg rating — 268 ratings — published 1973 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Education and Sociology 3.79 avg rating — 167 ratings — published 1922 — 72 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moral Education 3.78 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 1961 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sociology and Philosophy by 脡mile Durkheim, D.F. Pocock (Translator) 3.81 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 1953 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Writings by 脡mile Durkheim, Anthony Giddens (Editor) 3.80 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 1972 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Primitive Classification by 脡mile Durkheim, Marcel Mauss, Rodney Needham (Translator) 3.43 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 1963 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Melancholy suicide. 鈥擳his is connected with a general state of extreme depression and exaggerated sadness, causing the patient no longer to realize sanely the bonds which connect him with people and things about him. Pleasures no longer attract;”
― 脡mile Durkheim, Suicide: A Study in Sociology

tags: 1897, connections, depression, melancholy, people, sanity, suicide

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“When mores are sufficient, laws are unnecessary; when mores are insufficient, laws are unenforceable.”
― 脡mile Durkheim

tags: law, morality, rules, social-norms

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“Man cannot become attached to higher aims and submit to a rule if he sees nothing above him to which he belongs. To free him from all social pressure is to abandon him to himself and demoralize him.”
― 脡mile Durkheim, Suicide: A Study in Sociology

tags: 1897, anomie, freedom

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