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Record Nr.

UNISA996201143203316

Titolo

The Cambridge companion to Durkheim / / edited by Jeffrey C. Alexander and Philip Smith [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2005

ISBN

1-139-81660-8

1-139-00113-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 426 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

301/.092

Soggetti

Durkheimian school of sociology

Sociology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: The New Durkheim / Philip Smith and Jeffrey C. Alexander -- Durkheim's life and context: something new about Durkheim? / Marcel Fournier -- Durkheim's squares: types of social pathology and types of suicide / Philippe Besnard -- Practices and presuppositions: some questions about Durkheim and Les Formes Elementaires de la vie religieuse / Robert Alun Jones -- The Durkheimian movement in France and world sociology / Randall Collins -- The inner development of Durkheim's sociological theory: from early writings to maturity / Jeffrey C. Alexander -- What difference does translation make: Les Formes Elementaires de la vie religieuse in French and English / Karen E. Fields -- Durkheim and ritual / Robert N. Bellah -- Embodiment, emotions and the foundations of social order: Durkheim's enduring contribution / Chris Shilling -- Drag Kings at the Totem Ball: the erotics of collective representation in Emile Durkheim / Roger Friedland -- 'Renegade Durkheimianism' and the transgressive left sacred / Alexander Riley -- Durkheim, solidarity and September 11 / Edward A. Tiryakian -- Is Durkheim a class analyst? / David B. Grusky and Gabriela Galescu -- Durkheim's society revisited / Zygmunt Baumann -- Beyond solidarity? Durkheim and twenty-first century democracy in a global age / Mark Cladis.

Sommario/riassunto

Long recognised as a foundational figure in the development of social scientific thought, Emile Durkheim's work has been the subject of



intense debate over the years. This authoritative and comprehensive collection of essays re-examines the impact of Durkheim's thought, considering the historical contexts of his work as well as evaluating his ideas in relation to current issues and controversies. Eminent authorities in the field have contributed to this up-to-date overview, giving the reader - both students and academics - a chance to engage directly with leading figures in the field about contemporary trends, ideas and dilemmas. This volume reflects the cross-disciplinary application of Durkheim's theories and will interest scholars of anthropology, political science, cultural studies and philosophy, as well as sociology. This is a landmark volume that redefines the relevance of Durkheim to the human sciences in the twenty-first century.