Durkheimian sociology
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Durkheimian sociology is a sociological approach, rooted in the work of Émile Durkheim, that explains social life by analyzing how collective beliefs, rituals, and institutions create and maintain social cohesion and moral order.
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| Durkheimian school | 1 |
Statements (49)
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| instanceOf |
sociological approach
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theoretical framework in sociology ⓘ |
| analyzes |
function of institutions in maintaining social integration
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role of rituals in reinforcing collective conscience ⓘ |
| appliedTo |
study of deviance
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study of education ⓘ study of law ⓘ study of professional ethics ⓘ study of religion ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
altruistic suicide
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anomic suicide ⓘ egoistic suicide ⓘ fatalistic suicide ⓘ pathological forms of the division of labor ⓘ |
| assumes |
moral norms are socially produced
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primacy of society over the individual ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkOf | Émile Durkheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralProblem |
conditions of social order
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sources of social cohesion in modern societies ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
methodological individualism
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utilitarian individualism ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
collective beliefs
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moral order ⓘ rituals ⓘ social cohesion ⓘ social institutions ⓘ |
| explains | how social facts constrain individual behavior ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
collective conscience
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moral regulation ⓘ social integration ⓘ social solidarity ⓘ |
| influenced |
Robert K. Merton
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Talcott Parsons NERFINISHED ⓘ neo-Durkheimian cultural sociology ⓘ structural functionalism ⓘ |
| influencedByWork |
Suicide
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The Division of Labor in Society NERFINISHED ⓘ The Elementary Forms of Religious Life NERFINISHED ⓘ The Rules of Sociological Method NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| methodologicallyEmphasizes |
comparative method
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empirical study of institutions ⓘ study of social facts as things ⓘ |
| usesConcept |
anomie
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collective representations ⓘ mechanical solidarity ⓘ organic solidarity ⓘ social facts ⓘ |
| views |
society as a moral order
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society as a reality sui generis ⓘ |
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Durkheimian school