First published in French as: Emile Durkheim: 1858-1917. Librairie Artheme Fayard, c2007.

This work examines Durkheim’s considerable achievements and situates them in their social and intellectual contexts, with a concise account of the major elements of Durkheim’s sociology and his profound influence.

On a souvent agite la question de savoir si la philosophie etait une science, dans quelle mesure elle en etait une, et quels etaient ses rapports avec les autres sciences…

A founder of modern sociology examines animism, naturism, totemism, myth, and ritual in this 1912 classic, which traces the source of religion and morality to a collective consciousness.

In The Elementary Forms of Religious Life (1912), Emile Durkheim sets himself the task of discovering the enduring source of human social identity. He investigates what he considered to be…

Pere fondateur de la sociologie francaise, Emile Durkheim developpe son projet sociologique dans cet ouvrage, pour la premiere fois aussi clairement. Durkheim souhaite fonder la sociologie comme une science nouvelle…

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Eighteen lectures by influential theorist discuss development of a sense of discipline; willingness to behave in collective interest; autonomy; discipline and child psychology; punishment; altruism; influence of school environment; more.