Durkheim
French sociology founder
Durkheim refers to Émile Durkheim (1858–1917), the French sociologist who established sociology as an academic discipline.
His work examined how societies maintain cohesion through shared beliefs and collective consciousness.
Key concepts include anomie (social breakdown from weakened norms) and the distinction between mechanical and organic solidarity.
A Durkheimian analysis of suicide rates, reading Durkheim for my sociology seminar.
Theory emphasizing purposes and roles
- collective consciousnessShared beliefs of a group
- anomieBreakdown of shared standards
- solidarityUnity among allies
- division of laborSplitting tasks among workers
positivism · structuralism · society · institutions · norms · integration · regulation · methodology
German scholarly surname
- MarxGerman economic philosopher
- MertonLondon borough
- structuralismAnalysis through underlying systems
- anthropologyStudy of human cultures
Levi-Strauss · functionalism · social theory · founding father · canon · legacy · disciples · Bordeaux
Worthy of reverence
- profaneIrreverent toward the sacred
- totemismBelief linking clans to symbols
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
Aboriginal · symbols · beliefs · practices · church · Australian · worship · ceremonies
Operated by machinery
- organicFrom living matter
- division of laborSplitting tasks among workers
- cohesionTendency to bind together
- interdependenceReciprocal reliance between entities
specialization · collective conscience · individualism · social integration · differentiation · cooperation · guild · corporation
Teaching principles of conduct
- socializationInternalizing cultural norms
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
civic · citizenship · curriculum · pedagogy · rationalism · character formation · national identity · republican values
Prioritizing one's own interests
- altruisticConcerned for others' welfare
- anomicLacking societal standards
- fatalisticBelieving events are inevitable
- social integrationAbsorption into community life
rates · statistics · Catholic · Protestant · marriage · isolation · detachment · methodology
functionalism
Theory emphasizing purposes and roles
- collective consciousnessShared beliefs of a group
- anomieBreakdown of shared standards
- solidarityUnity among allies
division of labor · positivism · structuralism · society · institutions · norms · integration · regulation · methodology · empiricism
Weber
German scholarly surname
- MarxGerman economic philosopher
- MertonLondon borough
- structuralismAnalysis through underlying systems
anthropology · Levi-Strauss · functionalism · social theory · founding father · canon · legacy · disciples · Bordeaux · Sorbonne
sacred
Worthy of reverence
- profaneIrreverent toward the sacred
- totemismBelief linking clans to symbols
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
clan · Aboriginal · symbols · beliefs · practices · church · Australian · worship · ceremonies · functional
mechanical
Operated by machinery
- organicFrom living matter
- division of laborSplitting tasks among workers
- cohesionTendency to bind together
interdependence · specialization · collective conscience · individualism · social integration · differentiation · cooperation · guild · corporation · professional ethics
moral education
Teaching principles of conduct
- socializationInternalizing cultural norms
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- attachmentConnection or fondness
autonomy · civic · citizenship · curriculum · pedagogy · rationalism · character formation · national identity · republican values · teachers
egoistic
Prioritizing one's own interests
- altruisticConcerned for others' welfare
- anomicLacking societal standards
- fatalisticBelieving events are inevitable
social integration · rates · statistics · Catholic · Protestant · marriage · isolation · detachment · methodology · comparative
- French ThinkersDescartes, Sartre, Foucault, Voltaire, Rousseau
- French ThoughtDescartes, Sartre, Foucault, Derrida, Camus
- Classical SociologyMarx, Weber, Engels, anomie, class struggle
- functionalismMerton, social function, dysfunction, Malinowski
- social theoriesfunctionalism, Marxism, feminism, structuralism, postmodernism
- scientistsbiologist, Einstein, anthropologist, Darwin, chemist
DurkheimJohn Stuart Mill
British empiricist and reformer
James Buchanan · Ayn Rand · Thomas Hobbes · Adam Smith · atomism