Moral education : a study in the theory and application of the sociology of education

Author(s)

• Durkheim, Emile
• Wilson, Everett K. (Everett Keith)
• Schnurer, Herman
• Fauconnet, Paul

Bibliographic Information

Moral education : a study in the theory and application of the sociology of education

by Emile Durkheim ; foreword by Paul Fauconnet ; translated [from the French] by Everett K. Wilson and Herman Schnurer ; edited with a new introduction by Everett K. Wilson

Free Press , Collier Macmillan, 1973

Other Title

L'education morale

Uniform Title

L'Éducation morale

Note

This translation originally published: New York : Free Press of Glencoe, 1961. - Translation of: 'L'Éducation morale'. Librairie Félix Alcan, 1925

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Through a collection of lectures, Everett K. Wilson translates and comments on Emile Durkheim's theories and application of the sociology of education. A transcription of eighteen lectures given by Emile Durkheim on evaluating school as an appropriate setting for moral education. A pioneer in of sociology, Durkheim explains the first elements of fostering morality as the development of a sense of discipline, following by a willingness to behave in accordance with collective interest and a sense of autonomy.

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Details

• NCID: BA13788123
• ISBN:
  • 0029083206
• LCCN: 59006815
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: fre
• Place of Publication: New York,London
• Pages/Volumes: xxx, 288 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : LC268
  • DC18 : 370.11/4
• Subject Headings:
  • PRECIS : Moral education
  • LCSH : Moral education