Emile Durkheim: An Introduction to Four Major Works

by Robert Alun Jones

Book Overview

This volume focuses on the four books by Durkheim which are generally accorded "classic" status: The Division of Labor in Society (1893), The Rules of Sociological Method (1895), Suicide (1897), and The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life (1912). In considering each of these works, Jones gives an account of Durkheim′s intentions and beliefs, and why he held these beliefs, taking into consideration their social and historical context. In this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803923341
• ISBN13: 9780803923348
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.6" x 8.5"