The Development of Durkheim's Social Realism

Using newly discovered material, this book explores the development of Durkheim's social realism.

List of contents

1. The reform that contained all other reforms; 2. The subtlety of things; 3. The perfection of personality; 4. A l'école des choses; 5. The yoke of necessity.

Summary

Drawing on a historicist perspective, this book explores the development of Durkheim's social realism using newly discovered material to explore the significance of German social science in Durkheim's thought. This book will be invaluable to graduate students and scholars in sociology, social theory, social and political philosophy and history of ideas.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Alun Jones
• Assisted by: Lorraine Daston (Editor), Quentin Skinner (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.01.2015
• EAN: 9780521650458
• ISBN: 978-0-521-65045-8
• No. of pages: 342
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 707 g
• Series: Ideas in Context
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories