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Emile Durkheim is widely lauded as one of the founding fathers of
modern Sociology and for his substantial contribution to the
sociology of education. This set brings some of his most important
writings on the subject together for the first time.
This Third collection of "Critical Assessments" of the work of
Emile Durkheim extends and brings up to date the two previous sets
published by Routledge. Edited by one of the leading members of the
British Institute for Durkheimian Studies, this collection reprints
essential scholarship on a key contributor to sociological
theory.
Selected contents from the four volumes:
1. "Durkheim, E." Emile Durkheim: Lettres a Marcel Mauss [1998]
2. "Karady, V." The Durkheimians in Academe. A Reconsideration "The
Sociological Domain" [1983]
Includes an original introduction by the editor.
This volume explores Durkheim's place in modern educational thought at three different levels: * Durkheim's ideas on education are analyzed and placed in the context of modern society * current educational issues are explored using a Durkheimian framework * Durkheim's thought is related to that of modern educational theorists to reveal his enduring influence In discussing Durkheim's modern relevance, the contributors stress his desire to integrate the practical and theoretical aspects of education. They identify particular pertinence in his focus upon the moral base of education and his insistence upon the importance of the social and society. eBook available with sample pages: 020302205X
Emile Durkheim, whose writings still exert a great influence over
sociological thought, has often been called the father of the
sociology of education. He lectured extensively on the subject, and
was convinced of its necessary place in social theory. But his work
cannot be fully understood unless it is realized that he had an
overriding concern form morals. He saw the relationship between
morals and education as almost that of theory to practice, yet he
never wrote a systematic work on the subject of morals, although
for some time he planned such a book and managed just before he
died in 1917 to write the opening introduction. This collection of
Durkheim's work on morals and education brings together many items
translated into English for the first time. A wide selection of
articles, reviews and discussions has been included in this book,
covering such subjects as, defining morals, the science of
morality, moral facts, relativism, the relation of science to
morality; and in education, problems of definition, childhood, sex
education, Rousseau's 'Emile', teaching secular morality and the
effectiveness of moral doctrines. The book also included an
introduction to each of the two sections, as well as bibliographies
which deal with Durkheim's own works on morals and education,
together with those covering references to his writing on these
subjects written by others.
Durkeim's book on suicide, first published in 1897, is widely
regarded as a classic text, and is essential reading for any
student of Durkheim's thought and sociological method. This book
examines the continuing importance of Durkheim's methodology. The
wide-ranging chapters cover such issues as the use of statistics,
explanation of suicide, anomie and religion and the morality of
suicide. It will be of vital interest to any serious scholar of
Durkheim's thought and to the sociologist looking for a fresh
methodological perspective.
Durkeim's book on suicide, first published in 1897 is widely regarded as a classic text, and is essential reading for any student of Durkheim's thought and sociological method. This book examines the continuing importance of Durkheim's methodology. The wide-ranging chapters cover such issues as the use of statistics, explanation of suicide, anomie and religion and the morality of suicide. This book will be of vital interest to any serious scholar of Durkheim's thought and to the sociologist looking for a fresh methodological perspective. eBook available with sample pages: 020345927X
Durkheim's sociological thought is based on the premise that the world cannot be known as a thing in itself, but only through representations, rough approximations of the world created either individually or collectively. This set of papers by leading Durkheimians from Britain, America and continental Europe is the first concentrated attempt to understand what he meant by representations, how his understanding of the term was influenced by Kant and by neo-Kantians like Charles Renouvier and how his use of the concept in his work developed over time. By arguing that his use of representations at the the core of Durkheim's sociological thought, this book makes a unique contribution to Durkheimian studies which have recently been dominated by positivist and functionalist interpretations, and reveals a thinker very much in tune with contemporary developments in philosophy, linguistics and sociology. eBook available with sample pages: 0203004809
Series Information: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
This volume explores Durkheim's place in modern educational thought
at three different levels:
* Durkheim's ideas on education are analyzed and placed in the
context of modern society
* current educational issues are explored using a Durkheimian
framework
* Durkheim's thought is related to that of modern educational
theorists to reveal his enduring influence
In discussing Durkheim's modern relevance, the contributors stress
his desire to integrate the practical and theoretical aspects of
education. They identify particular pertinence in his focus upon
the moral base of education and his insistence upon the importance
of the social and society.
This is the first collection of essays to be published on
Durkheim's masterpiece The Elementary Forms of Religious Life. It
represents the work of the most important international Durkheim
scholars from the fields of anthropology, philosophy and sociology.
The essays focus on key topics including:
* the method Durkheim adopted in his study
* the role of ritual and belief in society
* the nature of contemporary religion
The contributors also explore cutting-edge debates about the notion
of the soul and collective rituals.
Durkheim's sociological thought is based on the premise that the
world cannot be known as a thing in itself, but only through
representations, rough approximations of the world created either
individually or collectively. This set of papers by leading
Durkheimians from Britain, America and continental Europe is the
first concentrated attempt to understand what he meant by
representations, how his understanding of the term was influenced
by Kant and by neo-Kantians like Charles Renouvier and how his use
of the concept in his work developed over time. By arguing that his
use of representations at the the core of Durkheim's sociological
thought, this book makes a unique contribution to Durkheimian
studies which have recently been dominated by positivist and
functionalist interpretations, and reveals a thinker very much in
tune with contemporary developments in philosophy, linguistics and
sociology.
Durkheim is universally recognised as one of the founding fathers
of sociology with his work enabling sociology to be accepted as a
discipline within the academic world. What is presented here is a
selection of readings from Durkheim's work on religion, beginning
with early reviews and proceeding with articles and extracts from
books, presented in order of original publication. Also included
are detailed bibliographies and abstracts together with
contributions by such writers as Van Gennep, Goldenweiser and
Stanner.
A revised and enlarged edition of the most powerful and polemical
critique of the Anglo-Catholicism movement. This penetrating and
highly readable study has established itself over the years as the
standard text on the subject. Rising in the wake of the Oxford
Movement, Anglo-Catholicism can be seen as an attempt to
catholicise the Church of England - to see its doctrines as
reflecting historic Christendom and bringing its services into line
with Catholic tradition. Early followers were persecuted, but
became famous for their work and for breaking down the social
divisions associated with the Church. The Anglo-Catholic Movement
indelibly changed the ethos of Anglicanism with the foundation of
religious orders, overseas missions, theological colleges and
public schools, promoting new social doctrines often associated
with socialist ideas. 'Anglo-Catholicism' traces the movement from
the origins to the heyday in the 1920s and 1930s. It is the first
study which analyses it from the sociological point of view. The
book concentrates in the interwar period and the decline of the
movement to the present time, showing now the ambiguities and
tensions originated and the way they have been dealt with over the
years. This revised edition contains a new chapter examining the
impact of women's ordination to priesthood on the movement. Dr
William S. F. Pickering has been an Anglican priest since 1950. He
was for twenty years a lecturer in Sociology at the University of
Newcastle upon Tyne. He is currently the General Secretary of the
British Centre for Durkheimian Studies, at Oxford University.
Until recently the subject of suffering and evil was neglected
in the sociological world and was almost absent in Durkheimian
studies as well. This book aims to fill the gap, with particular
reference to the Durkheimian tradition, by exploring the different
meanings that the concepts of evil and suffering have in Durkheim's
works, together with the general role they play in his sociology.
It also examines the meanings and roles of these concepts in
relation to suffering and evil in the work of other authors within
the group of the Ann(r)e sociologique up until the beginning of
World War II. Finally, the Durkheimian legacy in its wider aspects
is assessed, with particular reference to the importance of the
Durkheimian categories in understanding and conceptualizing
contemporary forms of evil and suffering.
Until recently the subject of suffering and evil was neglected in
the sociological world and is almost absent in Durkheimian studies
as well. This book aims to fill the gap, with particular reference
to the Durkheimian tradition, by exploring the different meanings
that the concepts of evil and suffering have in Durkheim's works,
together with the general role they play in his sociology. It then
examines the meanings and roles of these concepts in relation to
suffering and evil in other authors within the group of the Annee
sociologique up until the beginning of World II. Finally, the
Durkheimian legacy in its wider aspects is assessed, with
particular reference to the importance of the Durkheimian
categories in understanding and in conceptualizing contemporary
forms of evil and suffering. W.S.F. Pickering was a founder member
in 1991, and then General Secretary, of the British Centre for
Durkheimian Studies in the Institute of Social and Cultural
Anthropology, Oxford University. Since the 1970s he has written,
edited and helped translate various books on Durkheim and his
disciples. Massimo Rosati teaches the History of Sociology at the
University of Salerno, Italy. His last book in Italian is
Solidarieta e sacro (2002). He has published articles on Durkheim
and Habermas in the Journal of Classical Sociology and in the
Durkheimian Studies. He is the editor of the new Italian edition of
Durkheim's The Elementary Forms of Religious Life."
Marcel Mauss (1872-1950) never completed his Doctoral thesis on
prayer. Yet his scarcely mentioned introduction (Books I and II) of
176 pages and privately printed in 1909, can be seen as some of his
most important work. His argument that much of prayer is a social
act will be of great interest to anthropologists, sociologists and
theologians. Here, the first English translation to be published,
is preceded by a general introduction by W.S.F.Pickering and
finally a specific commentary on Mauss's use of ethnographic
material.
"Taken as a whole, the collection provides a useful grounding in
contemporary Durkheimian studies." . CHOICE
There has been a growing interest in Durkheim, founding father of
sociology, since the 1970s. This volume takes a look at the current
stage of Durkheimian studies, pointing out paths scholars are now
following as they examine the various themes of study that Durkheim
opened up to the academic world. They clearly demonstrate the
continuing importance of Durkheim's works and the benefits to be
derived from re-reading them in the light of contemporary social
developments.
W. S. F. Pickering is a retired Lecturer in sociology from the
University of Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1991, he helped to found the
British Centre for Durkheimian Studies in the Institute of Social
and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford."
Religion is central to Durkheim's theory of society, and his work
laid most of the foundations of the sociology of religion. Daring
and brilliant though his analysis was, its bold claims and
questionable premises has made it the subject of ongoing academic
debate. Durkheim's work on the subject reached a peak with the
publication in 1912 of what turned out to be a classic in its
field, The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life. No other book
has explained Durkheim's views on religion using the whole corpus
of his writings. Dr Pickering shows how Durkheim's position
developed and explains the themes and theories that run through
Durkheim's work. This includes Durkheim's attitude towards
secularisation and Christian churches, as well as his notion of the
contemporary cult of the individual.
There has been a growing interest in Durkheim, founding father of
sociology, since the 1970s. This volume takes a look at the current
stage of Durkheimian studies, pointing out paths scholars are now
following as they examine the various themes of study that Durkheim
opened up to the academic world. They clearly demonstrate the
continuing importance of Durkheim's works and the benefits to be
derived from re-reading them in the light of contemporary social
developments.
This volume brings together a comprehensive selection of Emile
Durkheim's writings on religion. Besides helping to establish the
discipline of sociology in France, Dukrheim is widely recognized as
one of the founding figures in the modern study of religion.
Included are important sections of The Elementary Forms of
Religious Life (1912), some of Durkehim's early reviews, articles,
and extracts from books. The volume also contains comprehensive
bibliographies, and early reviews of Durkheim's work on religion by
such writers as van Gennep, Goldenwieser, Stanner, and the French
sociologist Gaston Richard.
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