The Sociological Domain

The Durkheimians and the Founding of French Sociology
Erscheinungsjahr 1983
ISBN: 978-0-521-23876-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 308 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 615 g

Emile Durkheim, one of the founding fathers of sociology, has been the subject of many studies. But this book is the first to introduce the individual and collective work of his colleagues and disciples who formed with him the 'French school of sociology'. Such an association of talented scholars was a unique event in the history of sociology and a decisive landmark in the development of the discipline. In this book, examination of the texts of the Durkheimians is combined with analysis of the social and intellectual group attempted to create a new social science. In this respect, the present book is also instructive about the birth and institutionalisation of academic disciplines in general. But studying the work of the Durkheimians goes beyond historical research; the Durkeimians can still offer lessons in the exploration of the territory of sociology, an area in which so much virgin land remains unmapped.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Besnard, Philippe

Weitere Mitwirkende

Coser, Lewis A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Part I. The Durkheimian group and its context: 1. The Annee sociologique team Phillipe Besnard; 2. The Durkheimians in Academe. A reconsideration Victor Karady; 3. The republican ideology and the social sciences: the Durkheimians and the history of social economy at the Sorbonne George Weisz; 4. Durkheimian sociology under attack: the controversy over sociology in the Ecoles Normales Primaires Roger Geiger; Part II. The Durkheimians and the scope of sociology: 5. An intellectual self-portrait Marcel Mauss; 6. At the frontier of folklore and sociology: Hubert, Hertz and Czarnowski, founders of a sociology of folk religion Francois A. Isambert; 7. Obligation and right: the Durkheimians and the sociology of law W. Paul Vogt; 8. The absence of political sociology in the Durkheimian classifications of the social sciences Pierre Favre; 9. Education and social mobility: Paul Lapie's path-breaking work Mohamed Cherkaoui; 10. Durkheimian sociology versus philosophical rationalism: the case of Celestin Bougle W. Paul Vogt; 11. The epistemological polemic: Francois Simiand Phillipe Besnard; 12. Sociology and related disciplines between the wars: Maurice Halbwachs and the imperialism of the Durkheimians John E. Craig; Index.