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This book will become the standard work on the life and thought
of emile Durkheim, one of the great founding fathers of sociology.
Durkheim remains one of the most widely read thinkers in the social
sciences and every student of sociology, anthropology and related
subjects must study his now-classic books. He brought about a
revolution in the social sciences: the defence of the autonomy of
sociology as a science, the systematic elaboration of rules and
methods for studying the social, the condemnation of racial
theories, the critique of Eurocentrism and the rehabilitation of
the humanity of 'the primitive'. He defended the dignity of the
individual, the freedom of the press, democratic institutions and
the essential liberal values of tolerance and pluralism. At the
same time he was critical of laisser-faire economics and he
defended the values of solidarity and community life. In many ways,
Durkheim's rich intellectual heritage has become part of the
self-understanding of our time.
Despite his enormous influence, the last major biography of
Durkheim appeared more than 30 years ago. Since then, the opening
up of archives and the discovery of manuscripts, correspondence
with friends and close collaborators, administrative reports and
notes taken by students have all provided a wealth of new material
about his life and work. Meticulously documented, Marcel Fournier's
new biography sheds fresh light on Durkheim's personality and
character, his relationship with Judaism, his family life, his
relations with friends and collaborators, his political and
administrative responsibilities and his political views.
This book will be indispensable to students and scholars
throughout the social sciences and will appeal to a wide readership
interested in knowing more about the life and work of one of the
most original and influential thinkers of the twentieth
century.
Combined oxygen, in the form of water, metal oxides, silicates and
other oxyions, accounts for about 50% by weight of the earth's
crust. The chemistry of this most abundant element has two major
aspects: that of water and aqueous solutions of electrolytes, and
that of the solid state. The methodology and techniques appropriate
for the study of these fields are sufficiently different that there
have been very few points of contact between solution- and solid
state chemists. One such contact, of great potential value, is
provided by the extensive class of polyoxoanions formed by the
transition metals of groups 5 and 6. As 'heteropoly and isopoly
acids' these polyanions have been known and investigated for more
than a century. The pre sent book is an attempt to survey the
chemistry, structures, and applications of these species. Although
the book forms part of a series in inorganic chemistry, the field
of polyoxometalates deserves wider attention, for example, from
organic chemists, especially those concerned with homogeneous and
heterogeneous catalysis, and from biochemists, solid state- and
materials scientists."
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Fort McCoy (Hardcover)
Linda M. Fournier
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