Durkheim
Full name: Émile Durkheim
b. 1858
d. November 15, 1917
Country of birth: France
Profession: teacher, scholar, philosopher
Key Writings:
- The Division of Labor in Society (1893)
- The Rules of Sociological Method (1895)
- Suicide: A Study in Sociology (1897)
- The Elementary Forms of Religious Life (1912)
Key Concepts:
- anomie
- social facts
- social solidarity (mechanical and organic)
- collective conscience
- ritual
- symbol
- sacred and profane
- collective representation
(Edles and Appelrouth 94-97)