Durkheimian Sociology

Author : Jeffrey C. Alexander
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1990-09-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0521396476

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Durkheimian Sociology by Jeffrey C. Alexander Pdf

The classic works of Emile Durkheim are characterized by a structural approach to the understanding of collective behaviour, and it is this element of his writings that has been most taken up by modern social science. This volume, however, rejects the dominant structural approach, and draws instead on Durkheim's later work, in which he shifted to a symbolic theory of modern industrial societies that emphasized the importance of ritual and placed the tension between the sacred and the profane at the center of society. In so doing, the contributors offer both a radically different approach to Durkheimian sociology and a new way of linking the interpretation of culture and the interpretation of society. In his introduction to the volume, Jeffrey Alexander elaborates the new interpretation of Durkheim that informs the contributions. His arguments form a background for the lively and provacative chapters that follow, which provide broadly cultural interpretations of such topics as popular upheavals and social movements, ranging from the French Revolution to the massive rebellions in Poland and Nicaragua in the 1980s; political crisis, from Watergate to the crisis of legitimation in contemporary capitalism; and the creative and contingent element in symbolic behaviour, including the symbolics of intimate friendship, and the ritual and rhetoric of media events. In addition to re-examining Durkheimian sociology, the essays also demolish the myth that attention to cultural values implies conservatism or the inability to analyze social change, and challenge the common antithesis between normative theory and microsociology. Its exploration of the links between Durkheimian sociology and the most important developments in contemporary sociology, history, anthropology and semiotics will ensure it a broad appeal across the social sciences.

Author : William Watts Miller
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780857455499

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A Durkheimian Quest by William Watts Miller Pdf

Durkheim, in his very role as a "founding father" of a new social science has become like a figure in an old religious painting, enshrouded in myth and encrusted in layers of thick, impenetrable varnish. This book undertakes detailed, up-to-date investigations of Durkheim's work in an effort to restore its freshness and reveal it as originally created. These investigations explore his particular ideas, within an overall narrative of his initial problematic search for solidarity, how it became a quest for the sacred, and how, at the end of his life, he embarked on a project for a new great work on ethics. A theme running through this is his concern with a modern world in crisis and a hope in social and moral reform. Accordingly, the book concludes with a set of essays on modern times and on a crisis that Durkheim thought would pass but which now seems here to stay.

Author : Philippe Steiner
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780691268392

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Durkheim and the Birth of Economic Sociology by Philippe Steiner Pdf

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.

Author : Mustafa Emirbayer
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780470755457

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Emile Durkheim by Mustafa Emirbayer Pdf

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

Author : Steve Fenton
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1984-07-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0521277639

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Durkheim and Modern Sociology by Steve Fenton Pdf

The works of Emile Durkheim have had an enormous influence on sociology. This book provides, first, a clearly written introduction to Durkheim's major works, looking at each of the major fields to which he contributed. Secondly, it examines the ways in which Durkheim has continued to provide inspiration in a variety of areas within sociology. It therefore focuses closely on live issues within the subject and shows the continuing relevance of Durkheim's work to issues of topical concern, such as the division of labour and class conflict, the state, race, education, law and deviance and religion. Thirdly, it provides an assessment of the interpretations of Durkheim as a 'radical' thinker, in contrast to the view of him as fundamentally conservative. It will provide a valuable introduction to students of one of sociology's founding fathers and will be of interest to those interested in sociology as a whole for its assessment of the contemporary relevance of Durkheim's thought for major issues.

Author : Emile Durkheim
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1982-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780029079409

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Rules of Sociological Method by Emile Durkheim Pdf

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."

Author : W. S. F. Pickering,Massimo Rosati
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780857456458

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Suffering and Evil by W. S. F. Pickering,Massimo Rosati Pdf

Until recently the subject of suffering and evil was neglected in the sociological world and was almost absent in Durkheimian studies as well. This book aims to fill the gap, with particular reference to the Durkheimian tradition, by exploring the different meanings that the concepts of evil and suffering have in Durkheim's works, together with the general role they play in his sociology. It also examines the meanings and roles of these concepts in relation to suffering and evil in the work of other authors within the group of the Année sociologique up until the beginning of World War II. Finally, the Durkheimian legacy in its wider aspects is assessed, with particular reference to the importance of the Durkheimian categories in understanding and conceptualizing contemporary forms of evil and suffering.

Author : Robert A. Nisbet
Publisher : New York : Oxford University Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Durkheimian school of sociology
ISBN : 0195017331

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The Sociology of Emile Durkheim by Robert A. Nisbet Pdf

Author : Stephen Turner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134869015

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Emile Durkheim by Stephen Turner Pdf

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.

Author : Mike J. Gane
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2002-01-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134922352

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Radical Sociology of Durkheim and Mauss by Mike J. Gane Pdf

In this outstanding collection, Mike Gane brings together a selection of key articles on Durkheim and Mauss showing their points of convergence and divergence. Included here are Mauss's 'A sociological assessment of Bolshevism 1924-5' and his 'Letters on Communism, Fascism and Nazism'. This is an engrossing book not only for scholars and students of Durkheim and Mauss but for anyone interested in radical social theory.

Author : Edward A. Tiryakian
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351936224

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For Durkheim by Edward A. Tiryakian Pdf

For Durkheim is a timely and original contribution to the debate about Durkheim at a time when his concerns on ethics, morality and civil religion have much relevance for our own troubled and divided society. It includes two new essays from Edward A. Tiryakian’s collection on the Danish Muhammad cartoons and September 11th, providing contemporary relevance to the debate and an analytical and interpretive introduction indicating the ongoing importance of Durkheim within sociology. This indispensable volume for all serious Durkheim scholars includes English translations of papers previously published in French for the first time, and will be of interest to sociologists, anthropologists, social historians and those interested in critical questions of modernity.

Author : Jeffrey C. Alexander,Philip Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2005-05-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521806720

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The Cambridge Companion to Durkheim by Jeffrey C. Alexander,Philip Smith Pdf

An authoritative and comprehensive collection of essays redefining the relevance of Durkheim to the human sciences in the twenty-first century.

Author : Stjepan Mestrovic
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0847678679

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Emile Durkheim and the Reformation of Sociology by Stjepan Mestrovic Pdf

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.

Author : Émile Durkheim
Publisher : Digireads.com
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1420948563

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The Division of Labor in Society by Émile Durkheim Pdf

mile Durkheim is often referred to as the father of sociology. Along with Karl Marx and Max Weber he was a principal architect of modern social science and whose contribution helped established it as an academic discipline. "The Division of Labor in Society," published in 1893, was his first major contribution to the field and arguably one his most important. In this work Durkheim discusses the construction of social order in modern societies, which he argues arises out of two essential forms of solidarity, mechanical and organic. Durkheim further examines how this social order has changed over time from more primitive societies to advanced industrial ones. Unlike Marx, Durkheim does not argue that class conflict is inherent to the modern Capitalistic society. The division of labor is an essential component to the practice of the modern capitalistic system due to the increased economic efficiency that can arise out of specialization; however Durkheim acknowledges that increased specialization does not serve all interests equally well. This important and foundational work is a must read for all students of sociology and economic philosophy.

Author : W. S. F. Pickering
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1571816658

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Durkheim Today by W. S. F. Pickering Pdf

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