Emile Durkheim: sociologist of modernity

Mustafa Emirbayer, Ira J. Cohen0631219900, 9780631219903, 9780470755457

Often described as ‘the father of sociology’, Emile Durkheim ranks among the most important and influential figures in modern social thought. This volume captures the enduring value and importance of Durkheimian sociology, focusing on the diverse points of view – theoretical, substantive, methodological, and even normative – which it uses to analyze modern life. The book includes selections from Durkheim’s best-known writings as well as less widely-known texts that explore the themes of modern sociology.
This comprehensive volume ranges across the entire spectrum of sociological inquiry, as seen by Durkheim. It also includes secondary readings by social thinkers of today, connecting the classic writings of Durkheim to contemporary issues. A thorough introductory essay by a leading Durkheim scholar, as well as his first-rate organization of material, makes this the definitive collection by and about Durkheim and his work.

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Table of contents :
Emile Durkheim: Sociologist of Modernity……Page 5
Contents……Page 7
General Editor’s Foreword……Page 11
Acknowledgments……Page 15
Introduction – Emile Durkheim: Sociologist of Modernity……Page 18
Part I Sociological Methodology……Page 46
Introduction……Page 48
From Suicide……Page 49
From Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste……Page 67
Part II A Topography of Modernity……Page 72
Introduction……Page 74
From The Division of Labor in Society……Page 75
“Note on Social Morphology”……Page 94
From “Open Schools – Open Society?”, Basil Bernstein……Page 96
Introduction……Page 100
From The Elementary Forms of Religious Life……Page 101
From Primitive Classification (with Mauss)……Page 108
From “Individual and Collective Representations”……Page 111
From The Royal Touch: Sacred Monarchy and Scrofula in England and France……Page 114
From The Savage Mind, Claude Lévi-Strauss……Page 116
From Purity and Danger: An Analysis of the Concepts of Pollution and Taboo, Mary Douglas……Page 118
From Wayward Puritans: A Study in the Sociology of Deviance……Page 120
From Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison……Page 122
Introduction……Page 124
From The Elementary Forms of Religious Life……Page 126
From “A Discussion on Sex Education”……Page 139
From The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure……Page 142
From “The Nature of Deference and Demeanor”……Page 143
From “On Face-Work”……Page 145
From “Stratification, Emotional Energy, and the Transient Emotions”……Page 146
From “Historical Events as Transformations of Structures: Inventing Revolution at the Bastille”……Page 151
Introduction……Page 156
From The Elementary Forms of Religious Life……Page 157
From The Evolution of Educational Thought……Page 159
From Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste……Page 173
From “Culture and Political Crisis: ‘Watergate’ and Durkheimian Sociology”……Page 175
Part III The Institutional Order of Modern Societies……Page 182
Introduction……Page 184
From The Division of Labor in Society……Page 185
From “Two Laws of Penal Evolution”……Page 188
From Professional Ethics and Civic Morals……Page 189
From Selections from the Prison Notebooks……Page 203
From “Civil Religion in America”……Page 205
Introduction……Page 209
From The Division of Labor in Society……Page 210
From Socialism and Saint-Simon……Page 212
From The Division of Labor in Society……Page 219
From The Moral Economy of the Peasant: Rebellion and Subsistence in Southeast Asia……Page 229
From The Moral Dimension: Toward a New Economics……Page 231
Introduction……Page 234
From Suicide……Page 235
From Preface to the Second Edition of The Division of Labor in Society……Page 237
From “The Conjugal Family”……Page 243
From To Empower People: From State to Civil Society……Page 248
Introduction……Page 253
From “Education: Its Nature and its Role”……Page 254
From Moral Education……Page 260
From The Evolution of Educational Thought……Page 262
From “The School Class as a Social System: Some of its Functions in American Society”……Page 266
From Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom, bell hooks……Page 269
Part IV Morality and Modernity……Page 272
Introduction……Page 274
From The Division of Labor in Society……Page 275
From Suicide……Page 280
From Moral Education……Page 285
From “The Determination of Moral Facts”……Page 288
From “The Dualism of Human Nature”……Page 289
From “Individualism and the Intellectuals”……Page 291
From “The Nature of Deference and Demeanor”……Page 297
From Pricing the Priceless Child: The Changing Social Value of Children……Page 298
Introduction……Page 300
From The Rules of Sociological Method……Page 301
Index……Page 312