The French sociologist Emile Durkheim is a key figure in the development of sociology as an academic discipline.
This book examines his considerable achievements and situates them in their social and intellectual contexts, with
a concise account of the major elements of Durkheim's sociology.
Table of Contents
Editor's Foreword
1. Introduction
2. Life and Intellectual Background
3. The Work
3.1:Introduction
3.2:Sociology - Its nature and programmer
3.3:Definitions and Concepts
3.4:The Division of Labour in Society
3.5:The Rules of Sociological Method
3.6: Suicide
3.7: Religion and Knowledge:The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life
3.8:Politics
3.9:Education
Conclusions
Bibliography of Durkheim's Major Works
Annotated Bibliography of Secondary Sources
Index
