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Émile Durkheim was a French sociologist who lived from 1858 to 1917 and is considered one of the founders of modern sociology. His work established sociology as a scientific discipline focused on understanding how societies function and stay cohesive, making him essential to how we study human social behavior today.
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- Les formes élémentaires de la vie religieuse
- Chi ha voluto la guerra?
- Leçons de sociologie
- 社会学方法的准则
- "L'Allemagne au-dessus de tout,"
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David Émile Durkheim (/ˈdɜːrkhaɪm/; French: [emil dyʁkɛm] or [dyʁkajm]; 15 April 1858 – 15 November 1917) was a French sociologist. He formally established the academic discipline of sociology, and is commonly cited as one of the principal architects of modern social science, along with Karl Marx and Max Weber.
Much of Durkheim's work concerns the inability of societies to maintain their integrity and coherence in modernity, an era in which traditional social and religious ties are much less universal, and in which new social institutions have come into being. His conception of the scientific study of society laid the groundwork for modern sociology. He used such scientific tools as statistics, surveys, and historical observation in his analysis of suicides in Roman Catholic and Protestant groups.
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