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- Emile Durkheim
- # Emile Durkheim # Emile Durkheim is one of the most significant social theorists of the twentieth century, credited with founding modern sociology and anthropology. Durkheim argued for a new conceptualization of [[society|s... id, one should "consider social facts as things" (Durkheim 1982 [1895]: 60). That is to say, one should rega
- Why do so many, perhaps all, cultures have religions? @2667
- -cleaned-wastewater-stays-dirty-in-our-minds. ## Durkheim, continued ## In his book, *The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life* (1915), Durkheim states that religion is society worshipping itsel... ((While this catchy phrase is often attributed to Durkheim, as far as I know, it is not a quotation from *El... understand what this means, we need to understand Durkheim's argument that the social fact of the category o
- Religion and Economy
- s which are oriented to the sacred, is central to Durkheim's concept of the social body. Durkheim argues that all societies, large and small, must declare something t... mething “protected and isolated by prohibitions” (Durkheim 1995, 38). The sacred need not require reverence as such, but for Durkheim, anything classified as sacred entails rules that
- Bring an example of a religious practice you would like to know more about @2667
- s ### Unit outline and assignment instructions. Durkheim, Emile. 2008 [1912]. “The Elementary Forms of the... g. ### Other media ### Anonymous. 2013. "Emile Durkheim and Socialization." YouTube, September 12. https:... ious belief, and anthropology is born! ## Emile Durkheim, founder of sociology and anthropology ## [[:emile_durkheim|Emile Durkheim]] invented the scientific study of
- Two minds @2700:2021
- an ideal? ===== Society is a thing ===== Emile Durkheim is one of the most influential advocates for a po... lue. ===== Society is a thing sui generis ===== Durkheim develops a new idea of society that is appropriate for a new social science. Durkheim says that society causes itself. “Society is a re... d has properties of its own which the parts lack (Durkheim [1912] 1995, 15). Consider Rousseau: * How do
- The savage slot @2700:2021
- ex// is core to 20th century social science: * Durkheim: “[C]onsider social facts as things” (Durkheim [1895] 1982, 60) * The implicit rules that people within... as external constraints on one’s freedom to act (Durkheim [1895] 1982, 59). * Saussure: Study the structu... understand what their actions signify. ===== Do Durkheim and Saussure have a bias in favor of monocultural
- Why would someone join a religious commune? @2667
- lief systems reflect the same social values? ## Durkheim and Weber, two daimons on my shoulders ## I like to think of Emile Durkheim and Max Weber as two little [[http://classics.mit... , each whispering different things in my ears. * Durkheim looks at society as a totality. * Weber looks at... at develops out individual patterns of action. * Durkheim says that patterns of action are social facts. Th
- Marcel Mauss and the gift @1002:2018
- logy is why a society stays the same. ## Durkheim and Mauss ## **[[:Emile Durkheim]]** is a founding figure of sociology and anthropology * He wanted to an... **[[:Marcel Mauss]]** was a nephew and student of Durkheim * Applied a Durkheimian analysis to economic act
- Marcel Mauss
- y, the person, magic, and with his mentor [[Emile Durkheim]], a study of symbolic classification. In all of ... ated with the journal of the same name founded by Durkheim. For this group, Durkheim's framework meant that literally everything in any society could be studied and u
- Week 4: Society as collective consciousness @6916:2020
- = Tuesday, March 17, 2020 **Required reading:** Durkheim ([1895] 1966) **Supplemental reading:** Lukes (1973) ====== References ====== Durkheim, Emile. (1895) 1966. “"What Is a Social Fact" and... Lukes, Steven. 1973. “Introduction.” In //Emile Durkheim, His Life and Work: A Historical and Critical Stu
- Summary of topics and readings @6916:2020
- | Mar 17 | Society as collective consciousness | Durkheim ([1895] 1966) | Lukes (1973) |\\ | 5 | Mar 24 | H... archive.org/details/darkwatervoicesf00duborich. Durkheim, Emile. (1895) 1966. “"What Is a Social Fact" and... Lukes, Steven. 1973. “Introduction.” In //Emile Durkheim, His Life and Work: A Historical and Critical Stu
- The obligations of the gift @1002:2019
- 1/3409, American Museum of Natural History) ## Durkheim and Mauss **[[:Emile Durkheim]]** is a founding figure of sociology and anthropology * He wanted to a... **[[:Marcel Mauss]]** was a nephew and student of Durkheim * Applied a Durkheimian analysis to economic act
- The practice of social theory @6916:2020
- his conversation. The classical social theorists Durkheim, Weber and Marx were each interested in explainin... ay. We have learned to call this “modernity.” For Durkheim, Weber and Marx, one of the main questions of the
- Weekly plan and assigned readings @2667
- bout.]] ^ | Read: | Unit outline and assignments, Durkheim | | Write:| Describe an example of a religious pr... f Pollution and Taboo, 51–71. London: Routledge. Durkheim, Emile. 2008. “The Elementary Forms of the Religi
- How to Zoom to class @1002:2020
- tion-3026052|Durkheimian anomie]] must feel like (Durkheim [1893] 2014, 277). Because it is so new for most ... physical class meeting. ===== References ===== Durkheim, Emile. (1893) 2014. //The Division of Labor in S
