Tag: Durkheim’s key
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• Explain how Durkheim has theorized the shift from pre-modern to modern society in terms of social cohesion (social solidarity, social integration, social cohesion are all synonyms, by the way! They all mean the same thing!).
Émile Durkheim (1858–1917) is the founding father of sociology. Not until Durkheim did a person systematically apply scientific methods to the study of society. A French philosopher and sociologist, Durkheim stressed the importance of studying social facts, or patterns of behavior characteristic of a particular group. Durkheim was primarily interested in what holds society together…