About the Book
The French sociologist Emile Durkheim is a key figure in the development of sociology as an academic discipline. This book examines his seminal contributions to sociology. Besides his four major works (The Rules of the Sociological Method, The Division of Labor in Society, Suicide, and The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life), it covers his writings in political sociology (Professional Ethics and Civic Morals, and Socialism) and the sociology of education (Education and Sociology, Moral Education, and The Evolution of Educational Thought). Durkheim’s abiding engagement with the relation between the individual and society is the latent thread that runs through the different chapters of this book; the subtitle of the book is reflective of this.
Contents
1 Introduction
2 Emile Durkheim: The Man, His Milieu and Work
3 Conception of Sociology: An Autonomous Positive Social Science
4 Sociology: Its Subject Matter and Method of Study
5 The Moral Basis of Social Order: The Sociology of Law and Morality
6 Suicide: The Aetiology of Social Health
7 Religion and Society: Sociology of Religion
8 Politics and Society: Political Sociology
9 Secular Morality, Education, and Society: Sociology of Education
10 Conclusion
11 Durkheimian Vocabulary: An Annotated Glossary
About the Author / Editor
N. Jayaram retired as Professor of Research Methodology at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. He had earlier taught sociology at Bangalore University and Goa University. He was Visiting Professor of Indian Studies at The University of the West Indies, Trinidad; Fellow of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla; Visiting Professor of Sociology at Ambedkar University Delhi and the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru; and Visiting Research Mentor in Sociology and Social Work at Christ University, Bengaluru. He is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award conferred by the Indian Sociological Society.
Jayaram’s writings on sociological theory include Sociological Theory and Research Methods: A Study in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences; Knowing the Social World: Perspectives and Possibilities (ed.); Sociology: Methods and Theories; and Introductory Sociology.
