“sociology is, then, not an auxiliary of any other science; it is itself a distinct and autonomous science.”
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Émile Durkheim
David Émile Durkheim was a French sociologist. He formally established the academic discipline of sociology and is commonly cited as one of the principal architects of modern social science, along with Karl Marx and Max Weber.
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culture · French sociologist (1858–1917) · anthropologist · philosopher · sociologist · professor · historian of religion · pedagogue · ethnologist · also Émile Durkheim, Durkheim
Born 15 April 1858 · Died 15 November 1917 · Q15948
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2026· 2 entries
Harper's Magazine: Emile Durkheim
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2022· 1 entry
JSTOR Daily: The Anthem Companion to Émile Durkheim
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2017· 1 entry
globo: Entenda a visão do sociólogo Émile Durkheim sobre o suicídio
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2013· 2 entries
The Guardian: Emile Durkheim: religion – the very idea, part 6: do we need the sacred?
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Published “De la division du travail social” — cited 314 times.
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2012· 1 entry
The Guardian: Emile Durkheim: religion – the very idea, part 4: moral sense and sensibility
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2005· 1 entry
Published “Suicide” — cited 318 times.
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2002· 2 entries
Published “De la division du travail social” in classiques des sciences sociales — cited 229 times.
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Published “suicide” in classiques des sciences sociales — cited 233 times.
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1984· 1 entry
Published “The Division of Labour in Society” — cited 1,597 times.
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1982· 1 entry
Published “The Rules of Sociological Method” — cited 1,404 times.
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1917· 13 entries
Died 1917-11-15.
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“A criança deve exercitar-se a reconhecer [a autoridade] na palavra do educador e a submeter-se ao seu ascendente; é por meio dessa condição que saberá, mais tarde, encontrá-la na sua consciência e aí se conformar a ela.”
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Presenting numerous lectures and publishing works on a variety of topics, including the sociology of knowledge, morality, social stratification, religion, law, education, and deviance
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“A educação é uma socialização da jovem geração pela geração adulta.”
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“Es en la naturaleza de la sociedad misma donde hay que ir a buscar la explicación de la vida social.”
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“A construção do ser social, feita em boa parte pela educação, é a assimilação pelo indivíduo de uma série de normas e princípios — sejam morais, religiosos, éticos ou de comportamento — que balizam a conduta do indivíduo num grupo. O homem, mais do que formador da sociedade, é um produto dela.”
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“Todo o passado da humanidade contribuiu para fazer o conjunto de máximas que dirigem os diferentes modelos de educação, cada uma com as características que lhe são próprias. As sociedades cristãs da Idade Média, por exemplo, não teriam sobrevivido se tivessem dado ao pensamento racional o lugar que lhe é dado atualmente.”
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“Original: «Every society is a moral society. In certain respects, this character is even more pronounced in organised societies. Because the individual is not sufficient unto himself, it is from society that he receives everything necessary to him, as it is for society that he works.”
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“A educação tem por objetivo suscitar e desenvolver na criança estados físicos e morais que são requeridos pela sociedade política no seu conjunto.”
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“O indivíduo só poderá agir na medida em que aprender a conhecer o contexto em que está inserido, a saber quais são suas origens e as condições de que depende. E não poderá sabê-la sem ir à escola, começando por observar a matéria bruta que está lá representada.”
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“A sociedade e cada meio social particular determinam o ideal que a educação realiza.”
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“Est fait social toute manière de faire, fixée ou non, susceptible d'exercer sur l'individu une contrainte extérieure, ou bien encore, qui est générale dans l'étendue d'une société donnée tout en ayant une existence propre, indépendante de ses manifestations individuelles.”
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“La religion n'est pas seulement un système d'idées, elle est avant tout un système de forces.”
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1912· 1 entry
Published his last major work, The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life
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1906· 1 entry
And in 1913 he was named chair in "Education and Sociology"
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1898· 2 entries
Established the journal L'Année sociologique
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Founded L'Année sociologique, the first French social science journal
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1897· 1 entry
Published Suicide, a case study that provided an example of what a sociological monograph might look like
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1895· 3 entries
Published The Rules of Sociological Method, a manifesto stating what sociology is and how it ought to be done, and founded the first European department of sociology at the University of Bordeaux
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Set up the first European department of sociology and became France's first professor of sociology
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By Les Règles de la méthode sociologique (The Rules of Sociological Method)
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1893· 1 entry
Published The Division of Labour in Society, his doctoral dissertation and fundamental statement of the nature of human society and its development
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1892· 1 entry
“Montesquieu's contributions to the formation of social science”
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1887· 2 entries
Where he was to teach the university's first social science course
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Durkheim married Louise Dreyfus
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1882· 1 entry
Though finishing next to last in his graduating class owing to serious illness the year before
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1858· 2 entries
Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1858).
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Born 1858-04-15.
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