Readings from Emile Durkheim (Key Texts)

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 11
Dedication......Page 12
Introduction......Page 13
Part One  Sociology—its nature and programme......Page 21
Reading 1  SOCIOLOGY AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES......Page 22
II. THE DIVISIONS OF SOCIOLOGY: THE INDIVIDUAL SOCIAL SCIENCES......Page 23
Reading 2  REVIEW OF ANTONIO LABRIOLA, ESSAYS ON THE MATERIALIST CONCEPTION OF HISTORY......Page 28
Part Two  Division of Labour, Crime and Punishment......Page 31
The Problem......Page 32
BOOK I: THE FUNCTION OF THE DIVISION OF LABOUR METHOD FOR DETERMINING THIS FUNCTION......Page 33
MECHANICAL SOLIDARITY BASED ON LIKENESS......Page 37
ORGANIC SOLIDARITY DUE TO THE DIVISION OF LABOUR......Page 43
THE INCREASING PREPONDERANCE OF ORGANIC SOLIDARITY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES......Page 45
ORGANIC AND CONTRACTUAL SOLIDARITY......Page 46
THE CAUSES......Page 47
The progressively indeterminate common consciousness and its causes......Page 50
THE ANOMIC DIVISION OF LABOUR......Page 51
CONCLUSION......Page 52
THE LAW OF QUANTITATIVE VARIATION......Page 54
THE LAW OF QUALITATIVE VARIATIONS......Page 55
EXPLICATION OF THE FIRST LAW......Page 56
Part Three  Sociological Method......Page 58
PREFACE......Page 59
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION......Page 60
WHAT IS A SOCIAL FACT......Page 62
RULES FOR THE OBSERVATION OF SOCIAL FACTS......Page 67
RULES FOR DISTINGUISHING THE NORMAL FROM THE PATHOLOGICAL......Page 70
RULES RELATING TO THE CLASSIFICATION OF SOCIAL TYPES......Page 75
RULES FOR THE EXPLANATION OF SOCIAL FACTS......Page 76
RULES RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PROOFS......Page 80
Part Four  Suicide......Page 82
PREFACE......Page 83
INTRODUCTION......Page 84
HOW TO DETERMINE SOCIAL CAUSES AND SOCIAL TYPES......Page 87
EGOISTIC SUICIDE......Page 90
ALTRUISTIC SUICIDE......Page 96
ANOMIC SUICIDE......Page 98
THE SOCIAL ELEMENT OF SUICIDE......Page 103
Part Five  Religion and Knowledge......Page 104
Reading 7  THE ELEMENTARY FORMS OF THE RELIGIOUS LIFE......Page 105
ORIGIN OF THE IDEA OF THE TOTEMIC PRINCIPLE OR MANA......Page 108
Reading 8  PRIMITIVE CLASSIFICATION......Page 121
Part Six  Politics......Page 124
PROFESSIONAL ETHICS......Page 125
DEFINITION OF THE STATE......Page 131
 RELATION OF THE STATE AND THE INDIVIDUAL......Page 136
MORALS OF CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS......Page 138
Reading 10  SOCIALISM......Page 142
Part Seven Education......Page 149
Reading 11  THE EVOLUTION OF EDUCATIONAL THOUGHT......Page 150
Reading 12  MORAL EDUCATION......Page 158
ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS......Page 162
ESSAYS AND REVIEWS......Page 163