The Development of Durkheim's Social Realism (Ideas in Context)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 3, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780521022101
Subjects: Sociology, Social Studies; Sociology; Social Science; Sociology - General; Durkheim, Emile, --1858-1917 Durkheim, Emile,; Durkheim, Emile,--1858-1917; Social Science / Sociology / General; Methodology; Social History
First sentence: "When a people has achieved a state of equilibrium and maturity," Durkheim observed in his seventh lecture on moral education, "when the various social functions, at least temporarily, are articulated in an ordered fashion, when the collective sentiments in their essentials are incontestable for the great majority of people, then the preference for rule and order is naturally preponderant."