Home›Social Theorists›Era›By Century›20th centuryBrowse By20th centuryThis dimension places a social theorist in the years they were actually active. Wikipedia records Durkheim lived from "15 April 1858" until his death in 1917, publishing his major works across the 1890s and into the early 20th century. 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