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The Rules of Sociological Method

And selected texts on sociology and its method

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  • © 1982

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Authors:
  1. Emile Durkheim
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Editors:
  1. Steven Lukes
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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Emile Durkheim
      Pages 1-27

  3. The Rules of Sociological Method

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-49
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    2. What is a Social Fact?

      • Emile Durkheim
      Pages 50-59

    3. Rules for the Observation of Social Facts

      • Emile Durkheim
      Pages 60-84

    4. Rules for the Distinction of the Normal from the Pathological

      • Emile Durkheim
      Pages 85-107

    5. Rules for the Constitution of Social Types

      • Emile Durkheim
      Pages 108-118

    6. Rules for the Explanation of Social Facts

      • Emile Durkheim
      Pages 119-146

    7. Rules for the Demonstration of Sociological Proof

      • Emile Durkheim
      Pages 147-163

  4. Writings of Durkheim bearing on his view of Sociology and its Method

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
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    2. Marxism and Sociology

      • Emile Durkheim
      Pages 167-174

    3. Sociology and the Social Sciences (1903)

      • Emile Durkheim
      Pages 175-208

    4. Debate on the Relationship between Ethnology and Sociology (1907)

      • Emile Durkheim
      Pages 209-210

    5. Debate on Explanation in History and Sociology (1908)

      • Emile Durkheim
      Pages 211-228

    6. Debate on Political Economy and Sociology (1908)

      • Emile Durkheim
      Pages 229-235

    7. The Contribution of Sociology to Psychology and Philosophy (1909)

      • Emile Durkheim
      Pages 236-240

    8. Social Morphology (1899)

      • Emile Durkheim
      Pages 241-242

    9. Civilisation in General and Types of Civilisation (1902)

      • Emile Durkheim
      Pages 243-244

    10. The Method of Sociology (1908)

      • Emile Durkheim
      Pages 245-247

    11. Society (1917)

      • Emile Durkheim
      Pages 248-248
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About the author

Steven Lukes is Professor of Sociology at New York University, USA. He studied at Oxford and has previously held posts at Oxford, Florence, Siena and London. He is an emeritus Fellow of the British Academy and an editor of the European Journal Of Sociology. His writing and teaching have ranged over political science, political and moral philosophy, sociology, anthropology and the philosophy of the social sciences.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Rules of Sociological Method

  • Book Subtitle: And selected texts on sociology and its method

  • Authors: Emile Durkheim

  • Editors: Steven Lukes

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16939-9

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1982

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 270

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Sociology, general

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