Emile Durkheim on Institutional Analysis

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University of Chicago Press, Apr 1, 2013 - Social Science - 283 pages
Ranging from Durkheim's original lecture in sociology to an excerpt from the work incomplete at his death, these selections illuminate his multiple approaches to the crucial concept of social solidarity and the study of institutions as diverse as the law, morality, and the family. Durkheim's focus on social solidarity convinced him that sociology must investigate the way that individual behavior itself is the product of social forces. As these writings make clear, Durkheim pursued his powerful model of sociology through many fields, eventually synthesizing both materialist and idealist viewpoints into his functionalist model of society.
 

Contents

Introduction
1
The Origins and Objectives of Sociology
41
Reviews and Critical Analyses
91
Law Crimeand Social Health
151
The Science of Morality
189
Sociology of the Family
203
Notes
253
Index
272
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Mark Traugott is professor of sociology and history at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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