Émile Durkheim : sociology as an open science

Author(s)

• Paoletti, Giovanni
• Pendenza, Massimo

Bibliographic Information

Émile Durkheim : sociology as an open science

edited by Giovanni Paoletti and Massimo Pendenza

（International studies in sociology and social anthropology, v. 140）

Brill, c2022

• : hardback

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Sociology for Durkheim was by no means a knowledge closed in its specificity. It was rather an open science, permeable to contributions coming from other disciplines. For him, the task of sociology was to study what held societies together, giving place to reflective change and progressive development. This is an epistemological and political model that still retains all its relevance today: an example to be rediscovered against any reductionist conception of the vocation and object of social sciences; an encouragement to see sociology as an indispensable protagonist for an authentic interdisciplinary dialogue in the field of humanities. It is one of the best legacies Durkheim left us, that this book attempts to illustrate.

Table of Contents

List of Tables Introduction Reversing the Canon of Durkheim's Sociology Massimo Pendenza and Giovanni Paoletti part 1 A Crossover between Disciplines: The Elementary Forms of Religious Life 1 Reason as a Social Faculty The Elementary Forms of Religious Life and the Sociological Critique of Philosophical Enlightenment Nicola Marcucci 2 Durkheim and the History of Religions The Strange Case of the Camel's Sacrifice Giovanni Paoletti 3 Little Skeleton and the Rubber Duckie Durkheim and the Invisible Religion Fabio Dei 4 'Fusing Morals and Aesthetics' The Aesthetic Foundations of the Cosmopolitan Social Bond in Durkheim's Vision of Ritual and Religious Life Dario Verderame 5 Durkheim, the Durkheimian and the Sociology of Festivities Philippe Steiner part 2 Beyond Conservative Durkheim: Society, Solidarity, and Politics 6 Elevating Human Dignity as a Universal Frame of Reference Durkheim on the Moral Sources of Solidarity in Modern Societies Massimo Pendenza 7 Towards a Model of Reflexive Solidarity Ambrogio Santambrogio 8 The Government of Society Durkheim on the Political, the State and Democracy from a Sociological perspective Francesco Callegaro 9 Durkheim, "Europe" and Brexit David Inglis Index

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Details

• NCID: BD0080504X
• ISBN:
  • 9789004508019
• LCCN: 2022030181
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Leiden
• Pages/Volumes: vi, 227 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HM585
  • DC23 : 301
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Durkheim, Émile, 1858-1917
  • LCSH : Sociology
  • LCSH : Philosophy and social sciences
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00227484