{"title":"Emile Durkheim","description":"\u003cp\u003eEmile Durkheim's works offer profound insights into the foundations of society, exploring themes such as social order, morality, and collective consciousness. His writings, including seminal studies like \u003cem\u003eOn Suicide\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePrimitive Classification\u003c\/em\u003e, are essential for readers interested in the intersections of education, philosophy, and social psychology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDurkheim's approach combines rigorous analysis with a philosophical lens, shedding light on how societal structures influence individual behaviour and ethics. 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As Durkheim explored these questions, he became convinced that abnormally high or low levels of social integration lead to an increased likelihood of suicide. \u003cem\u003eOn Suicide\u003c\/em\u003e was the result of his extensive research.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDivided into three parts - individual reasons for suicide, social forms of suicide, and the relation of suicide to society as a whole - Durkheim's revelations have fascinated, challenged, and informed readers for over a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is a new translation and is new to the Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46355036209388,"sku":"9780140449679","price":29.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27384563482237.jpg?v=1744293829"},{"product_id":"primitive-classification-routledge-revivals-by-emile-durkheim-9780415567923","title":"Primitive Classification (Routledge Revivals)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this influential work, first published in English in 1963, Durkheim and Mauss claim that the individual mind is capable of classification and they seek the origin of the 'classificatory function' in society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the basis of an intensive examination of forms and principles of symbolic classification reported from the Australian aborigines, the Zuni and traditional China, they try to establish a formal correspondence between social and symbolic classification. 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Durkheim's view that the instability of industrial society was connected to the decline of religion and his characterisation of the state as the ultimate moral force in society reveal his lifelong engagement with the relationship between the individual and society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eProfessional Ethics and Civic Morals\u003c\/i\u003e, Durkheim poses a major question: given the negative social consequences of unfettered markets, which caused what he termed ‘anomie’, how is the state to reconcile morality with the market? Durkheim argues that the answer is to be found in the evolution of a civil religion, in the form of professional codes and civic values, which would counteract the effects of individualism, just as guilds had regulated medieval economic life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eArguing that the state has a vital role to play in moral life and that morals are at bottom social facts—a controversial position which drew considerable criticism—Durkheim also argues that the state had a duty to protect the rights of the individual, via a form of cosmopolitan patriotism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDurkheim also articulates a highly original and critical interpretation of the rules around property and inheritance—a perspective which resonates with debates about inequality and the redistribution of wealth today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIncluded in this Routledge Classics edition is a new introduction by Bryan S. 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