TY - BOOK AU - Riley,Alexander ED - Askews & Holts TI - The social thought of Emile Durkheim T2 - Social thinkers series SN - 9781483310862 (e-book) AV - HM479.D87 R56 2015 PY - 2015///] CY - Los Angeles PB - SAGE KW - Durkheim, Emile, KW - Sociology KW - Philosophy KW - Society KW - ukslc KW - thema KW - Electronic books KW - lcsh N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Also available in printed form ISBN 9781452202631; Electronic reproduction; Askews and Holts; Mode of access: World Wide Web N2 - A concise introduction to the writings, life, and influences of Emile Durkheim - one of the 'founding fathers' of sociology; This new volume of the SAGE Social Thinkers series provides a concise introduction to the work, life, and influences of Emile Durkheim. Most students of sociology know that Durkheim is one of the informal `holy trinity' of founding thinkers in the discipline, along with Max Weber and Karl Marx. In this book, the author shows that Durkheim's perspective is quite arguably the most properly sociological one among the discipline's founders and, further, that many of the criticisms invoked to reduce his stature in comparison to other founding thinkers are weak and unfounded. He thought through the nature of society, culture, and the complex relationship of the individual to the collective in a manner more concentrated and thorough than any other thinker alive during the period (roughly 1880-1920) of the emergence of the discipline of sociology UR - http://www.vlebooks.com/vleweb/product/openreader?id=BradfordC&isbn=9781483310862 ER -