Durkheim ReconsideredISBN: 978-0-7456-1615-5
Hardcover
288 pages
April 2001, Polity
Other Available Formats: Paperback
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Durkheim Reconsidered challenges the common views of
Durkheim and offers a fresh and much-needed reappraisal of his
ideas. Stedman Jones dismantles the interpretations of Durkheim
that remain widespread in Anglo-American sociology and then
examines afresh his major works, placing them in their historical
and political context. She emphasizes Durkheim's debt to the
socialist and republican thought of his contemporaries - and
especially to Renouvier who, she argues, had a profound influence
on Durkheim's approach.
This book will be recognised as a major reinterpretation of the work of one of the most important figures in the history of sociology and social thought. It will be of great interest to scholars and students in sociology, anthropology and related disciplines.