Emile Durkheim : sociologist of modernity / edited by Mustafa Emirbayer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Durkheim, Émile, 1858-1917.

Emirbayer, Mustafa

Series:

Modernity and society ; 2.

Modernity and society ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Durkheim, Émile, 1858-1917.

Durkheim, Émile.

Durkheimian school of sociology.

Sociology--History.

Sociology.

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 306 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2003.

Summary:

Often described as "the father of sociology", Emile Durkheim ranks among the most important and influential figures in modern social thought. This volume captures the enduring value and importance of Durkheimian sociology, focusing on the diverse points of view -- theoretical, substantive, methodological, and even normative -- which it uses to analyze modern life. The book includes selections from Durkheim's best-known writings as well as less widely-known texts that explore the themes of modern sociology. This comprehensive volume ranges across the entire spectrum of 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. A thorough introductory essay by a leading Durkheim scholar, as well as his first-rate organization of material, makes this the definitive collection by and about Durkheim and his work.

Contents:

Part I Sociological Methodology 29

1 An Agenda for Sociology 31

from Suicide 32

from Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste / Pierre Bourdieu 50

Part II A Topography of Modernity 55

2 Social Structure and Collective Consciousness 57

from The Division of Labor in Society 58

"Note on Social Morphology" 77

From "Open Schools

Open Society?" / Basil Bernstein 79

3 Culture and Symbolic Classification 83

from The Elementary Forms of Religious Life 84

from Primitive Classification (with Mauss) 91

from "Individual and Collective Representations" 94

from The Royal Touch: Sacred Monarchy and Scrofula in England and France / Marc Bloch 97

from The Savage Mind / Claude Levi-Strauss 99

from Purity and Danger: An Analysis of the Concepts of Pollution and Taboo / Mary Douglas 101

from Wayward Puritans: A Study in the Sociology of Deviance / Kai Erikson 103

from Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison / Michel Foucault 105

4 Collective Emotions and Ritual Process 107

from The Elementary Forms of Religious Life 109

from "A Discussion on Sex Education" 122

from The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure / Victor Turner 125

from "The Nature of Deference and Demeanor" / Erving Goffman 126

from "On Face-Work" / Erving Goffman 128

from "Stratification, Emotional Energy, and the Transient Emotions" / Randall Collins 129

from "Historical Events as Transformations of Structures: Inventing Revolution at the Bastille" / William H. Sewell, Jr. 134

5 Individual and Collective Agency 139

from The Elementary Forms of Religious Life 140

from The Evolution of Educational Thought 142

from Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste / Pierre Bourdieu 156

from "Culture and Political Crisis: 'Watergate' and Durkheimian Sociology" / Jeffrey C. Alexander 158

Part III The Institutional Order of Modern Societies 165

6 The Modern State 167

from The Division of Labor in Society 168

from "Two Laws of Penal Evolution" 171

from Professional Ethics and Civic Morals 172

from Selections from the Prison Notebooks / Antonio Gramsci 186

from "Civil Religion in America" / Robert Bellah 188

7 The Modern Economy 192

from The Division of Labor in Society 193

from Socialism and Saint-Simon 195

from The Division of Labor in Society 202

from The Moral Economy of the Peasant: Rebellion and Subsistence in Southeast Asia / James C. Scott 212

from The Moral Dimension: Toward a New Economics / Amitai Etzioni 214

8 Civil Society (1): Occupational Groups and Family 217

from Suicide 218

from Preface to the Second Edition of The Division of Labor in Society 220

from "Introduction to the Sociology of the Family" 226

from "The Conjugal Family" 226

from To Empower People: From State to Civil Society / Peter L. Berger, Richard John Neuhaus 231

9 Civil Society (2): Education 236

from "Education: Its Nature and its Role" 237

from Moral Education 243

from The Evolution of Educational Thought 245

from "The School Class as a Social System: Some of its Functions in American Society" / Talcott Parsons 249

from Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom / bell hooks 252

Part IV Morality and Modernity 255

10 Individuality and Autonomy 257

from The Division of Labor in Society 258

from Suicide 263

from Moral Education 268

from "The Determination of Moral Facts" 271

from "The Dualism of Human Nature" 272

from "Individualism and the Intellectuals" 274

from "The Nature of Deference and Demeanor" / Erving Goffman 280

from Pricing the Priceless Child: The Changing Social Value of Children / Viviana Zelizer 281

Appendix Durkheim's Methodological Manifesto 283

from The Rules of Sociological Method 284.

Notes:

Selections of writings by and about Durkheim.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0631219900

0631219919

OCLC:

50912522