Selections from Durkheim's writings focus on the nature of his conception of society and its moral context

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 ...

In The Elementary Forms of Religious Life (1912), Emile Durkheim sets himself the task of discovering the enduring source of human social identity. He investigates what he ...

This is a collection of Durkheim's writings drawing upon the whole body of his work. Dr Giddens takes his selections from a wide variety of sources and includes a number of ...

This study in the sociology of education features 18 lectures by an influential theorist who discusses school as an appropriate setting for moral education. A pioneer of ...