The son of a French rabbi, Durkheim had faith in reason and understood the danger of succumbing to base instincts.

Object Details Author Durkheim, Émile 1858-1917 Ellis, Albert 1913-2007 Origins and the development of the incest taboo Notes This work of Durkheim originally appeared as La prohibition de l'inceste ...

In his book Suicide, French sociologist Emile Durkheim discussed the nature and the consequences of economic crisis. Steven Lukes, Professor of Sociology at New York University, debates Durkheim ...

Emile Durkheim helped to lay the foundations of sociological thought and theory. He spoke of our current condition as being influenced by social structures and institutions.

Zoe Strimpel looks at the history of masculinity and its moments of crisis, from Emile Durkheim at the end of the 19th Century to self-professed misogynist, Andrew Tate, today. 'The contemporary ...

Born in Epinal in Lorraine in 1858, David Emile Durkheim was descended from a line of rabbis. He spent some time at a rabbinical school, but decided as a teenager not to follow the family tradition.

In 1897, French sociologist, Emile Durkheim, theorized that a breakdown in shared values that integrate a person into the larger society creates alienation as there is no social glue to bond the ...

In 1897, Emile Durkheim, the father of sociology, speculated that religion could protect against against suicidal impulses. A study conducted by Tel Aviv University researchers has now confirmed ...

Coronavirus Crisis As Covid-19 social distancing distorts social bonds, revisiting Durkheim’s theory of suicide The French sociologist proposed a correlation between social pathology and suicide.