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Suffering and evil : the Durkheimian legacy : essays in commemoration of the 90th anniversary of Durkheim's death / edited by W.S.F. Pickering and Massimo Rosati.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Suffering--Social aspects.
- Suffering.
- Good and evil--Social aspects.
- Good and evil.
- Durkheim, Émile, 1858-1917--Influence.
- Durkheim, Émile.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (204 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Durkheim Press/Berghahn Books, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- Suffering and Evil; Contents; Acknowledgements; Prolegomena; Introduction; Reflections on the Death of Emile Durkheim; PART I. Suffering and Evil in Durkheim; Chapter 1. Le Suicide and Psychological Suffering; Chapter 2. Suffering and Evil in the Elementary Forms; Chapter 3. Some Concepts of 'Evil' in Durkheim's Thought; Chapter 4. Suffering to Become Human: A Durkheimian Perspective; PART II. The Durkheimian Legacy; Chapter 5. Robert Hertz on Suffering and Evil; Chapter 6. Le Malin Génie: Durkheim, Bataille and the Prospect of a Sociology of Evil
- Chapter 7. Evil and Collective ResponsibilityChapter 8. The Hague Tribunal; Chapter 9. Looking Backwards and to the Future; Notes on Contributors; References; Index
- Notes:
- First paperback edition published in 2012.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-189) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-85745-646-6
- OCLC:
- 855502153
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