Seminar Topic
How does Durkheim?s concernwith social order relate to modernity?
Is it possible to have a ‘science’ of society?
How does Durkheim?s study of suicide relate to his concerns for social order and social science?
Recommended Reading
Durkheim, E. ([1895] 1938) The Rules of Sociological Method, Chicago: Free Press.
Durkheim, E. ([1897] 1952) Suicide, London, Routledge.
Frisby, D. and Sayer, D. (1986) ?Society as Object? in Society, London: Ellis Horwood.
Giddens, A. (1983) Sociology: A Brief but Critical Introduction, London: Macmillan.
Giddens, A. (1993) New Rules of Sociological Method, 2nd edition, London: Hutchinson
Hughes J., Martin, P. Sharrock, W. (1995) Understanding Classical Sociology, London: Sage.
How does Durkheim?s concernwith social order relate to modernity?
Is it possible to have a ‘science’ of society?
How does Durkheim?s study of suicide relate to his concerns for social order and social science?
Recommended Reading
Durkheim, E. ([1895] 1938) The Rules of Sociological Method, Chicago: Free Press.
Durkheim, E. ([1897] 1952) Suicide, London, Routledge.
Frisby, D. and Sayer, D. (1986) ?Society as Object? in Society, London: Ellis Horwood.
Giddens, A. (1983) Sociology: A Brief but Critical Introduction, London: Macmillan.
Giddens, A. (1993) New Rules of Sociological Method, 2nd edition, London: Hutchinson
Hughes J., Martin, P. Sharrock, W. (1995) Understanding Classical Sociology, London: Sage.
