Émile Durkheim

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academic person philosopher of social science sociologist

Émile Durkheim was a pioneering French sociologist whose work on social cohesion, religion, and collective consciousness helped establish sociology as a distinct academic discipline.

Aliases (7)

David Émile Durkheim ×1
Durkheim ×1
Marie Durkheim ×1
Suicide: A Study in Sociology ×1
The Division of Labour in Society ×1
The Elementary Forms of Religious Life ×1
The Rules of Sociological Method ×1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic → person → philosopher of social science → sociologist →
author	Émile Durkheim → Émile Durkheim → Émile Durkheim → Émile Durkheim →
birthDate	1858-04-15 →
birthPlace	Épinal, Vosges, France →
causeOfDeath	stroke →
child	Marie Durkheim →
countryOfCitizenship	France →
deathDate	1917-11-15 →
deathPlace	Paris, France →
educatedAt	University of Paris → École Normale Supérieure →
employer	University of Bordeaux → University of Paris →
familyName	Durkheim →
fieldOfWork	education → philosophy of religion → social theory → sociology →
fullName	David Émile Durkheim →
givenName	Émile →
influenced	Claude Lévi-Strauss → Marcel Mauss → Robert K. Merton → Talcott Parsons → structural functionalism →
influencedBy	Auguste Comte → Montesquieu →
knownFor	concept of collective consciousness → founding sociology as an academic discipline in France → functionalism in sociology → sociological study of religion → study of social cohesion → theory of social facts →
mainInterest	education → law → morality → religion → social solidarity →
movement	functionalism →
nativeLanguage	French →
notableWork	Suicide: A Study in Sociology → The Division of Labour in Society → The Elementary Forms of Religious Life → The Rules of Sociological Method →
occupation	professor →
positionHeld	Chair of Education and Sociology at the University of Paris (Sorbonne) → Professor of Social Science at the University of Bordeaux →
publicationDateOfWork	1893 →
relative	Marcel Mauss →
religion	Judaism →
spouse	Louise Dreyfus →

Referenced by (23)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
American civil religion → Axel Honneth → Bruno Latour → Claude Lévi-Strauss → Karl Polanyi → Pierre Bourdieu → Raymond Aron → Robert N. Bellah → Roscoe Pound → The Theory of Communicative Action → Ziya Gökalp →	influencedBy
Suicide: A Study in Sociology → The Division of Labour in Society → The Elementary Forms of Religious Life → The Rules of Sociological Method →	author
Auguste Comte → Cours de philosophie positive → Herbert Spencer →	influenced
Émile Durkheim ("Marie Durkheim") →	child
Émile Durkheim ("Durkheim") →	familyName
Émile Durkheim ("David Émile Durkheim") →	fullName
Course of Positive Philosophy →	hasInfluencedPhilosopher
Émile →	notableBearer