The Development of Durkheim's Social Realism

by Robert Alun Jones

Book Overview

Drawing on a historicist perspective, this book explores the development of Durkheim's social realism and argues that it was less a sociological method than a way of speaking and thinking about social phenomena. Using for the first time the newly-discovered lecture notes from Durkheim's philosophy class of 1883-4, Professor Jones explores the significance of German social science in Durkheim's thought. The Development of Durkheim's Social Realism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521650453
• ISBN13: 9780521650458
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"