Social Theorist
Emile Durkheim
English: dur-KYME; French: [ay-MEEL dyrk-EM].
Also Known As David Emile Durkheim
Sociology
One of the principal founders of modern sociology, who worked to apply scientific method systematically to the discipline and studied how societies hold together as the traditional bonds of family and church gave way to modern economic relations.
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Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account Death DateSourced to the subject's own account Death YearSourced to the subject's own account BirthplaceSourced to the subject's own accountEpinal, Lorraine, France 2 Death PlaceSourced to the subject's own account Nationality / CultureSourced to the subject's own account Defining ContributionSourced to the subject's own accountEstablished sociology as an independent academic discipline built on a scientific methodology centered on the study of social facts. 1 Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own account Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own accountThe Division of Labour in Society (1893) 1 Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own accountThe Elementary Forms of the Religious Life (1912) 1 Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own accountThe Rules of Sociological Method (1895) 1 Emile Durkheim
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Became the most prominent contemporary critic of Emile Durkheims rival, more collectivist sociology.
Source Wikipedia: Gabriel Tarde
Durkheim traced how legal systems shift from repressive law to restitutive law as societies grow more complex.
Source Wikipedia: Sociology of Law
Durkheim applied Comte's positivist program to found sociology as an empirical discipline studying social facts.
Source Wikipedia: Positivism
Source Wikipedia: Sociology of Religion
Institutions Informed
Mauss was Durkheim nephew and close collaborator in the Annee Sociologique circle, extending Durkheimian sociology into comparative anthropology.
Practices Studied
Source Wikipedia: Totem
Theories Developed
Source Wikipedia: Anomie
Emile Durkheim introduced mechanical and organic solidarity in The Division of Labour in Society to contrast cohesion built on likeness with cohesion built on interdependent specialization.
Emile Durkheim defined the social fact in The Rules of Sociological Method as the basic unit of sociological analysis: a way of acting or thinking external to and coercive upon the individual.
Source Wikipedia: Structural Functionalism
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- Also in Geography Atlas: France, nationality there.
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1. Wikipedia: Emile Durkheim
WikipediaLead section
David Emile Durkheim (15 April 1858 - 15 November 1917) was a French sociologist.
Death section
Emotionally devastated, Durkheim collapsed of a stroke in Paris two years later, on 15 November 1917.
View the Source 2. Social Sci LibreTexts, The History of Sociology
LibreTexts (Solano Community College)1.2 The History of Sociology, Durkheim and Social IntegrationQuote, 1.2 The History of Sociology, Durkheim and Social Integration
One of Durkheim's primary goals was to analyze how modern societies could maintain social integration after the traditional bonds of family and church were replaced by modern economic relations.
Wikipedia: Structural Functionalism
WikipediaTheories Developed: Structural Functionalism, sociological branch discussionView the Source Wikipedia: Anomie
Wikipedia: Totem
WikipediaPractices Studied: Totemism, Durkheim section, The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life (1912)View the Source Wikipedia: Sociology of Law
Wikipedia: Sociology of Religion
WikipediaAssociated With: Religion, Durkheim discussion, Functionalism sectionView the Source Wikipedia: Gabriel Tarde
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