Readings from Emile Durkheim / edited by Kenneth Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Durkheim, Émile, 1858-1917.

Contributor:

Thompson, Kenneth, 1937-

Series:

Key texts (London, England)

Key texts

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections. English. 2004

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 173 pages)

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Emile Durkheim is regarded as a 'founding father' of sociology, and is studied in all basic sociology courses. This handy textbook provides a collection of the key passages from Durkheim's major works and successfully encapsulates the core of his sociology." "With this text, Kenneth Thompson has effectively filled a gap that previously existed in the literature available on Durkheim, by providing an outstanding collection of modern and reliable translations. Offering both in-depth coverage and useful reference, this text provides an indispensable aid to those seeking to gain access to Durkheim's writings."

Contents:

Pt. 1. Sociology - its nature and programme

Reading 1. Sociology and the social sciences

Reading 2. Review of Antonio Labriola, essays on the materialist conception of history

Pt. 2. Division of labour, crime and punishment

Reading 3. The division of labour in society

Reading 4. Two laws of penal evolution

Pt. 3. Sociological method

Reading 5. The rules of sociological method

Pt. 4. Suicide

Reading 6. Suicide

Pt. 5. Religion and knowledge

Reading 7. The elementary forms of the religious life

Reading 8. Primitive classification

Pt. 6. Politics

Reading 9. Professional ethics and civic morals

Reading 10. Socialism

Pt. 7. Education

Reading 11. The evolution of educational thought

Reading 12. Moral education

Bibliography of Durkheim's major works.

Notes:

Originally published: Chichester : E. Horwood ; London ; New York : Tavistock Publications, 1985.

"Translations from works such as De la division du travail social (1893), Les regales de la methode sociologique (1895), Le suicide (1897), and Les formes elementaires de la vie religieuse (1912)."--Half title p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-173) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-27366-5

1-134-27367-3

1-280-05958-3

0-203-33714-X

9780203337141

OCLC:

475906511