Emile Durkheim

Emile Durkheim: Founder of Modern Sociology

David Emile Durkheim was born on April 15, 1858 in Lorraine, France. He was born into a family of Jews…

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What Does Durkheim Mean by Social Fact?

In the essay, "What is a Social Fact?" by Emile Durkheim, Durkheim argues that the subject area of sociology must…

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Marx, Durkheim, Weber and the Nature of the Social

Emile Durkheim, Max Weber and Karl Marx perhaps contributed more than all other 19th century philosophers combined to the way…

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Durkheim’s Sociology

The sociological paradigms developed by Emile Durkheim in the late nineteenth century remain an important part of academic discourse. For…

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Functionalist Definitions and Typologies of Anomie

Though Emile Durkheim and Robert K. Merton are two of the most influential theorists in the Functionalist school of sociological…

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Classical Tradition in Social Theory: Marx, Weber and Durkheim

Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim and Max Weber all analyzed the way in which society is constructed in great part from…

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Sociological Perspective: Functionalism

Functionalism is one of the core perspectives of sociology. Sociology examines the contexts in which people live and how these…

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Emile Durkheim’s Theory of Religion

Emile Durkheim was the pioneering mind behind the modern field of sociology.� He believed in creating a scientific discipline exclusively…

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Crime Through the Eyes of Functionalism and Conflict Theory

Functionalists such as Charles Darwin and Emile Durkheim view society as a system of highly interrelated structures or parts that…

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How Emile Durkheim’s Principles of Sociology Have Impacted Society

The societal contributions of Emile Durkheim, founder of modern sociology, include: the idea of the whole being greater and different…

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