Durkheim's philosophy of science and the sociology of knowledge: creating an intellectual niche/

Main Author: Schmaus, Warren
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994
Series:Science and its conceptual foundations
Subjects:
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-300) and index.
Contents: I. Creating a Niche. 1. Interpreting Durkheim. 2. Durkheim on the Division of Intellectual Labor -- II. The Explanation Goals and Methods of Inquiry of Durkheim's Research Program. 3. Social Facts and Collective Representations. 4. Durkheim's Concept of Sociological Explanation. 5. Durkheim on Method -- III. An Analysis of Durkheim's Major Empirical Works. 6. The Division of Labor in Society. 7. Suicide. 8. The Elementary' Forms of the Religious Life -- IV. An Evaluation of Durkheim's Sociological Research Program -- 9. Conclusion.
Physical Description:x, 314 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:0226742512
0226742520