Selected writings / edited, translated, and with an introduction by Anthony Giddens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Durkheim, Émile, 1858-1917, author.

Contributor:

Giddens, Anthony, editor, translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 272 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1972.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This 1972 book is a collection of Durkheim's writings drawing upon the whole body of his work. Dr Giddens takes his selections from a wide variety of sources and includes a number of items from untranslated writings in the Revue Philosophique, Annee Sociologique and from L'evolution pedagogue en France. Selections from previously translated writings have been checked against the originals and amended or re-translated where necessary. Dr Giddens arranges his selections thematically rather than chronologically. However, extracts from all phases of Durkheim's intellectual career are represented, giving the date of their first publication, which makes the evolution of his thought easily traceable. In his introduction Dr Giddens discusses phases in the interpretation of Durkheim's thought, as well as the main themes in his work, with an analysis of the effects of his thinking on modern sociology. The book is for students at any level taking courses in sociology, social anthropology and social theory in which Durkheim is one of the major writers studied.

Contents:

Durkheim's writings in sociology and social philosophy

The fields of sociology

Methods of explanation and analysis

The science of morality

Moral obligation, duty and freedom

Forms of social solidarity

The division of labour and social differentiation

Analysis of socialist doctrines

Anomie and the moral structure of industry

Political sociology

The social bases of education

Religion and ritual

Secularisation and rationality

Sociology of knowledge.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-92698-5

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