David Émile Durkheim (French pronunciation: [emil dyʁkɛm]) (April 15, 1858 – November 15, 1917) was a French sociologist and pioneer in the development of modern sociology and anthropology. He is considered as the founding father of the French positivist school of sociology and an early proponent of solidarism.
His work and editorship of the first journal of sociology, L'Année Sociologique, as well as his creation of the first European department...
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David Émile Durkheim (French pronunciation: [emil dyʁkɛm]) (April 15, 1858 – November 15, 1917) was a French sociologist and pioneer in the development of modern sociology and anthropology. He is considered as the founding father of the French positivist school of sociology and an early proponent of solidarism.
His work and editorship of the first journal of sociology, L'Année Sociologique, as well as his creation of the first European department of sociology, helped establish sociology within academia as an accepted social science. During his lifetime, Durkheim gave many lectures, and published numerous sociological studies on subjects such as education, crime, religion, suicide, and many other aspects of society.
Durkheim was born in Épinal in Lorraine, coming from a long line of devout French Jews; his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather had been rabbis. At an early age, he decided not to follow in his family's rabbinical footsteps. Durkheim himself would lead a completely...
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