Émile Durkheim

David Émile Durkheim (French pronunciation: [emil dyʁˈkɛm], [dyʁˈkajm]]) (April 15, 1858 – November 15, 1917) was a French sociologist. He formally established the academic discipline and, with Karl Marx and Max Weber, is commonly cited as the principal architect of modern social science and father of sociology. Much of Durkheim's work was concerned with how societies could maintain their integrity and coherence in modernity; an era in which trad... More

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  • Apr 15, 1858

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  • Nov 15, 1917 (age 59 years)

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  • Emile Durkheim,
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