Émile Durkheim
Émile Durkheim
Émile Durkheim (April 15, 1858, Épinal, France – November 15, 1917, Paris, France) was a pioneering French sociologist renowned for establishing sociology as an academic discipline. His work significantly contributed to understanding social cohesion, collective conscience, and the ways social forces influence individual behavior. Durkheim's insights remain foundational in sociology and social theory.
Personal Name: Émile Durkheim
Birth: 1858
Death: 1917
Émile Durkheim Books
(15 Books)
"In The Elementary Forms of Religious Life (1912), Emile Durkheim set himself the task of discovering the enduring source of human social identity. He investigated what he considered to be the simplest form of documented religion - totemism among the Aborigines of Australia. Aboriginal religion was an avenue 'to yield an understanding of the religious nature of man, by showing us an essential and permanent aspect of humanity'.
The need and capacity of men and women to relate socially lies at the heart of Durkheim's exploration, in which religion embodies the beliefs that shape our moral universe."--BOOK JACKET.
