The Development of Durkheim's Social Realism (Ideas in Context)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 13, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780521650458
Subjects: Social theory; Sociological Theory; Social Science; Sociology; Sociology - General; Durkheim, Emile,--1858-1917; Social Science / Sociology / General; History; 1858-1917; Durkheim, Emile,; Methodology; Realism
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."