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  1. Feb 1, 2022 · This paper discusses Emile Durkheim's thoughts as a figure in early legal sociology studies, and their contextualization in Indonesian reality. Durkheim in his theory divides society...

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    • Historical context of Durkheim's sociology
    • General features of Durkheim's sociology
    • The Division of Labor in Society (1893)
    • Suicide (1897)
    • Elementary Forms of Religious Life (1912)

    Political instability of the French republic in the late 19th century: rising working-class militancy; threat of right-wing coup to reassert the power of the military, church, and aristocracy. Struggle for control over education between church and secular forces. Search for political stability preoccupies middle-class intellectuals like Durkheim...

    Positivism: treats the natural sciences as the model for the social sciences; goal of sociology is objective study of "social facts." Positivism distinguishes sociology from philosophy. Organicism: uses the biological organism as a metaphor for society; emphasizes the functional interdependence of different parts of society (like the organs of ...

    Context: concern with individualism as a modern phenomenon; attempt to present an ethical defense of individualism; how to reconcile individualism with ethical concern for other members of society? Durkheim rejects both the utilitarian defense of individualism found in classical liberalism and the collectivist rejection of individualism advanced b...

    Context: High suicide rates were a cause of public concern. For the authoritarian right suicide was seen as a symptom of a larger problem of unbridled individualism and social decay. Goal: Durkheim's aim is to establish the social causation of what might appear to be the most individual of phenomenon. This is intended to demonstrate the supe...

    Context of the book: Problem of moral deregulation: religion provided moral regulation in earlier societies, but authority of religion is declining with the rise of science and increasing individualism. Political struggle between those who want to reaffirm traditional religion and those who reject it in favor of science. Durkheim seeks a middle...

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  2. Feb 13, 2024 · Emile Durkheim, often called the “father of sociology” believed that society is composed of structures that function together, and that society has a structure of its own apart from the individuals within it.

  3. Emile Durkheim established Sociology as a distinct, independent discipline and helped to institutionalize it. He also crafted a methodology appropriate for studying society scientifically. The analysis of capitalist, industrial society that Durkheim advanced was thought-provoking and controversial.

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  4. the direction we are trying to give to sociological studies. CHAPTER I WHAT IS A SOCIAL FACT? Before inquiring into the method suited to the study of social facts, it is important to know which facts are common-ly called "social." This information is all the more necessary since the designation "social" is used with little precision.

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  5. Durkheim, Emile 1951. Suicide: A Study in Sociology. Translated by J. A. The Rules of Sociological Method

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  7. First, Durkheim sought to articulate the nature of society and, hence, his view of sociology as an academic discipline. Durkheim argued that society was a supraindividual force exist-ing independently of the actors who compose it. The task of sociology, then, is to analyze

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