Forfatter fødeår: 1858
In The Elementary Forms of Religious Life, Durkheim investigated the enduring source of human social identity and fellowship by studying the simplest form of... Læs mere
Originally published in 1897, this is Durkheim's pioneering attempt to offer a sociological explanation for a phenomenon regarded until then as exclusively psychological and individualistic.
Moving back and forth between the history of philosophy and the contributions of philosophers in his own day, Durkheim takes up topics as diverse as philosophical psychology, logic, ethics, and metaphysics, and seeks to articulate a unified philosophical position.
This 1972 book is a collection of Durkheim's writings drawing upon the whole body of his work. 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.