Durkheim Discussion
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Readings in communication theory and social thought
Robbie McClintock and Frank Moretti, Instructors
- Office hours:
- McClintock (322 Thompson Hall): Wednesdays, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. and Thursdays, 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. (Schedule slot with Neemisha Martin @ 212 678 3344 or nmartin@tc.edu)
- Moretti (603 Lewisohn Hall): By appointment (Schedule time with Teresa Gonzales @ 212 854 1692 or teresa@columbia.edu)
MSTU5606-MSTU5607 Fall 2006 and Spring 2007
Emile Durkheim (1855-1917)
- For a brief bio, see Who's Who in the Twentieth Century
Discussion reading
- Emile Durkheim. The Division of Labor in Society (1893). W. D. Halls, trans., New York: The Free Press, 1984. Chapters 1-3, pp. 1-87. Electronic Reserve. $17.95.
- Emile Durkheim. The Rules of Sociological Method (1895). W. D. Halls, trans., New York: The Free Press, 1982. Chapters I and II, pp. 50-84. Electronic Reserve. $17.95.
Supplementary Resources
- Steven Lukes. Emile Durkheim, His Life and Work: A Historical and Critical Study. Stanford: StanfordUniversity Press, 1985. The standard intellectual biography for Durkheim.
- Susan Stedman Jones. Durkheim Reconsidered. New York: Polity Press, 2001.
- Search Barnes & Noble for books by and about Emile Durkheim.
Background to The Rules of Sociological Method
- Durkheim may have seen himself doing for sociology what Francis Bacon did for natural science. (See Rules, p. 62).
- The sociology Durkeim sought to displace was that primarily of Auguste Comte and Herbert Spencer. Search JSTOR for articles on Comte and Spencer, referring to Durkheim as well.
- Durkheim felt a need to distinguish his position from that of Gabriel Tarde, a prominent social thinker in late-19th-century France. (Article in Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2nd ed. 17 Vols. Gale Research, 1998.) Search for JSTOR articles on Gabriel Tarde.
- Articles in JSTOR on the history of sociology and Durkheim and articles on Durkheim and sociology as a discipline.
