Émile Durkheim: With Selected Essays
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Few thinkers have shaped the modern understanding of human society as profoundly as Émile Durkheim, the French sociologist whose groundbreaking theories on social cohesion, collective consciousness, and the nature of suicide transformed the very foundations of social science. In this volume from the Makers of Modern Social Science series, Robert A. Nisbet presents a masterful intellectual portrait of Durkheim alongside a curated selection of the great man's own essays, offering readers an unparalleled gateway into one of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries' most consequential minds. Nisbet chronicles Durkheim's intellectual journey with precision and clarity, illuminating how his rigorous, empirical approach to sociology carved out a discipline entirely its own — distinct from philosophy, psychology, and economics. The broader themes at work here — solidarity, anomie, the sacred versus the profane — remain as urgently relevant today as when Durkheim first articulated them, and Nisbet's authoritative commentary ensures that both the uninitiated and the seasoned scholar will find fresh insight on every page. Written with the analytical sharpness of a fellow social theorist, this compact yet richly layered study argues that Durkheim's legacy is not merely historical but an active intellectual force still reshaping the social sciences. Whether you are encountering Durkheim for the first time or returning to his ideas with fresh eyes, this volume will leave you questioning the invisible structures that bind — and sometimes fracture — the societies we inhabit.
Author: Robert A. Nisbet
Format: Paperback
Published: 1965, Prentice-Hall
Genre: Anthropology
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: N/A. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good.
Few thinkers have shaped the modern understanding of human society as profoundly as Émile Durkheim, the French sociologist whose groundbreaking theories on social cohesion, collective consciousness, and the nature of suicide transformed the very foundations of social science. In this volume from the Makers of Modern Social Science series, Robert A. Nisbet presents a masterful intellectual portrait of Durkheim alongside a curated selection of the great man's own essays, offering readers an unparalleled gateway into one of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries' most consequential minds. Nisbet chronicles Durkheim's intellectual journey with precision and clarity, illuminating how his rigorous, empirical approach to sociology carved out a discipline entirely its own — distinct from philosophy, psychology, and economics. The broader themes at work here — solidarity, anomie, the sacred versus the profane — remain as urgently relevant today as when Durkheim first articulated them, and Nisbet's authoritative commentary ensures that both the uninitiated and the seasoned scholar will find fresh insight on every page. Written with the analytical sharpness of a fellow social theorist, this compact yet richly layered study argues that Durkheim's legacy is not merely historical but an active intellectual force still reshaping the social sciences. Whether you are encountering Durkheim for the first time or returning to his ideas with fresh eyes, this volume will leave you questioning the invisible structures that bind — and sometimes fracture — the societies we inhabit.