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The Anthem Companion to Émile Durkheim intends to offer different practical attempts to build on Durkheim's legacy and investigate the issues and controversies that characterise contemporary societies and thus contribute to develop further this path of critical enquiry into 'classical sociology'.
List of contents
Introduction: Gregor Fitzi, Nicola Marcucci, "Explorations with the New Durkheim";
Intellectual Contexts and Epistemological Issues: Susan Stedman Jones, "Back to the Future: Durkheim and the Aporia of Sociological Theory", Keith Sawyer, "The 'Autonomy of Mental and Social entities'. A Paraphrased New Translation of Durkheim's Article 'Individual and Collective Representations'";
Education, Moral Regulation and Religion: Giovanni Paoletti, "Education, Social Link and Social Change: A Survey on Durkheim's Pedagogical Works", Gregor Fitzi, "Moral Sociology: The Actuality of a Research Programme", Ivan Strenski, "Affinities, Antipathies and the Buddhadharma: The Genesis of Durkheim's Concept of Religion";
Law and Politics: Roger Cotterrell, "Law and Justice in Durkheim's Sociology", Nicola Marcucci, "The Institution of Justice. Solidarity as the Obligation of the Moderns according to Durkheim", Francesco Callegaro, "Towards a Sociological Socialism. Durkheim's Political Perspective in Retrospect";
Social and Political Controversies: Stefania Ferrando, "Durkheim's Theory of the Modern Family. Freedom, the State, and Sociology", Pierre Charbonnier, "Durkheim and the Industrial Remaking of the World. Autonomy with and against Nature".
About the author
Gregor Fitzi is associated researcher at the Centre Georg Simmel, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris.
Nicola Marcucci is visiting assistant professor in the department of sociology at The New School for Social Research in New York City and a member of the LIER at EHESS in Paris.
Summary
The Anthem Companion to Émile Durkheim intends to offer different practical attempts to build on Durkheim’s legacy and investigate the issues and controversies that characterise contemporary societies and thus contribute to develop further this path of critical enquiry into ‘classical sociology’.
