Emile Durkheim and his sociology

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Emile Durkheim and his sociology

Harry Alpert ; with a new introduction by Stjepan G. Mestrović

(Modern revivals in sociology)

Greg Revivals, 1993

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Reprint . Originally published: Columbia University Press, 1939

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This study of Emile Durkheim, first published in 1939, offers a number of insights into Durkheim's work, many of which remain controversial. The author argues that one has to address the pressing issues of the day through a reinterpretation of the past rather than looking to the new or the novel. Focusing in particular on two Durkheimian concepts - collective consciousness and representations - Alpert challenges us to re-examine and review many Western prejudices concerning the Western relationship betweeen the individual and society. In this respect both Alpert's book and Durkheim's work remain relevant today The text itself is divided into three sections. Part 1 considers Durkheim, the individual. Part 2 looks at the nature, method and scope of Durkheim's sociology with particular reference to Alpert's defence of causality. Part 3 focuses on the definitions of sociology from Durkheim's standpoint.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Emile Durkheim - Frenchman, teacher, sociologist: Rabbinical background and early schooling
  • ecole normale superieure - the revolt against dilettantism
  • ecole normale superieure - friends, professors, intellectual influences
  • towards a science of society
  • apprenticeship and debut
  • sociologist
  • citizen
  • teacher
  • pro patria mori
  • exegi monumentum. Part 2 Durkheim's conception of the nature, method and scope of sociology: a natural science - causes, functions, becauses
  • objectivity - definitions and indexes
  • synthesis and specificity
  • co-operation
  • independence - realtional social realism
  • unity - sociology the corpus of the social sciences. Part 3 Society, evolution, personality: society as unity - social solidarity
  • society as regulation - nomia, law ritual
  • society as expression - towards a sociologismic psychology.

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  • NCID
    BA21374352
  • ISBN
    • 0751201294
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Aldershot, England
  • Pages/Volumes
    233 p.
  • Size
    22 cm
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