Émile Durkheim: His Life And Work: A Historical And Critical Study
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few figures in the history of social thought have left as indelible a mark as Émile Durkheim, and Steven Lukes's monumental study stands as the definitive account of the man and his ideas. This exhaustive biography chronicles the life of the French sociologist from his origins in a small Alsatian Jewish community to his emergence as the founding architect of modern sociology, tracing the intellectual and personal forces that shaped his revolutionary contributions to the discipline. Lukes presents a meticulous reconstruction of Durkheim's milieu — the turbulent currents of late nineteenth-century France, the Dreyfus Affair, and the nascent academic world — against which his landmark works on the division of labour, suicide, and religion must be understood. The central conflict is one of ideas: how a single thinker forged a rigorous, scientific approach to human society that would permanently alter the way we understand collective life. Lukes writes with the authority of a distinguished philosopher and social theorist, and his prose achieves a rare balance between scholarly precision and intellectual vitality. Émile Durkheim is not merely a record of one man's achievements; it argues for a critical re-engagement with Durkheim's methods and limitations, subjecting his theories to rigorous scrutiny while never diminishing their lasting significance. The work stands as a landmark of intellectual biography, essential reading for anyone grappling with the foundations of sociology, philosophy, and the social sciences. One is left to wonder: if Durkheim's insights into social cohesion and moral order were so prescient, what does it say about the fragmented societies we inhabit today?
Author: Steven Lukes
Format: Paperback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few figures in the history of social thought have left as indelible a mark as Émile Durkheim, and Steven Lukes's monumental study stands as the definitive account of the man and his ideas. This exhaustive biography chronicles the life of the French sociologist from his origins in a small Alsatian Jewish community to his emergence as the founding architect of modern sociology, tracing the intellectual and personal forces that shaped his revolutionary contributions to the discipline. Lukes presents a meticulous reconstruction of Durkheim's milieu — the turbulent currents of late nineteenth-century France, the Dreyfus Affair, and the nascent academic world — against which his landmark works on the division of labour, suicide, and religion must be understood. The central conflict is one of ideas: how a single thinker forged a rigorous, scientific approach to human society that would permanently alter the way we understand collective life. Lukes writes with the authority of a distinguished philosopher and social theorist, and his prose achieves a rare balance between scholarly precision and intellectual vitality. Émile Durkheim is not merely a record of one man's achievements; it argues for a critical re-engagement with Durkheim's methods and limitations, subjecting his theories to rigorous scrutiny while never diminishing their lasting significance. The work stands as a landmark of intellectual biography, essential reading for anyone grappling with the foundations of sociology, philosophy, and the social sciences. One is left to wonder: if Durkheim's insights into social cohesion and moral order were so prescient, what does it say about the fragmented societies we inhabit today?