Émile Durkheim

David Émile Durkheim (April 15, 1858 – November 15, 1917) was a French sociologist, social psychologist and philosopher. He formally established the academic discipline and, with Karl Marx and Max Weber, is commonly cited as the principal architect of modern social science and founder of sociology. His first major sociological work was The Division of Labour in Society (1893).

Works

(in French unless noted)

• De la division du travail social, Paris: Félix Alcan, 1893; Paris: PUF, 1930; 1991.
  • The Division of Labour in Society, trans. W. D. Halls. New York: Free Press, 1984. (English)

• Les Règles de la méthode sociologique, Paris: Félix Alcan, 1895.
  • The Rules of Sociological Method, trans. W.D. Hall, New York: The Free Press, 1982. (English)
  • Sociologia: Regulile metodei sociologice, trans. C. Sudeţeanu, Bucureşti: Cultura Naţională, 1924. (Romanian)
  • Regulile metodei sociologice, trans. Dan Lungu, Iaşi: Polirom, 2002. (Romanian)

• Le Suicide, Paris: Félix Alcan, 1897. [1]
  • Suicide: A Study in Sociology, trans. John A. Spaulding & George Simpson, Glencoe, Illinois: Free Press, 1951. (English)

• "La Prohibition de l’inceste et ses origines", L'Année Sociologique 1 (1897), pp 1-70; repr. in Journal sociologique, Paris: PUF, 1969, pp 37-101. [2]

• "La sociologia e il suo dominio scientifico", Rivista italiana di sociologia 4 (1900), pp 127-148. (Italian)
  • "The Realm of Sociology as a Science", trans. Everett K. Wilson, Social Forces 59:4 (Jun 1981), pp 1054-1070. Trans. of an Appendix in Cuvillier's 1953 essay, Ou va la sociologie francaise?.
  • "La Sociologie et son domaine scientifique", in Durkheim, Textes. 1. Éléments d'une théorie sociale, Paris: Minuit, 1975, pp 13-36.
  • Sociologia, trans. Laura Natal Rodrigues, São Paulo: Ática, 1984, 9th ed., 2000. (Portuguese)

• with Marcel Mauss, "De quelques formes primitives de classification (contribution à l’étude des représentations collectives)", L’année Sociologique 6 (1903); repr. in Mauss, Œuvres, t. II, Paris: Minuit, 1974, pp 13-89.
  • Primitive Classification, trans. Rodney Needham, London: Cohen & West, 1963; 2nd ed., 1969.

• Les formes élémentaires de la vie religieuse. Le système totémique en Australie, Paris: Félix Alcan, 1912; 3rd ed., 1937. [3] & [4]
  • The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life, trans. Karen E. Fields, New York: The Free Press, 1995. (English)
  • Formele elementare ale vieţii religioase, trans. Magda Jeanrenaud and Silviu Lupescu, Iaşi: Porlirom, 1995. (Romanian)

• with Ernest Denis, Who Wanted War? The Origin of The War According to Diplomatic Documents, trans. A.M. Wilson-Garinei, Paris: A. Colin, 1914. (English)

Bibliography

• Bibliographie sélective, February 2008.

Links

• http://digitaldurkheim.hypotheses.org/
• Durkheim's works in Internet Archive
• Durkheim at Wikipedia