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A Durkheimian quest : solidarity and the sacred /

Durkheim, in his very role as a 'founding father' of a new social science, sociology, has become like a?gure in an old religious painting, enshrouded in myth and encrusted in layers of thick, impenetrable varnish. This book undertakes detailed, up-to-date investigations of Durkheim's...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Watts Miller, William, 1944-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Berghahn Books, 2012.
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Résumé:Durkheim, in his very role as a 'founding father' of a new social science, sociology, has become like a?gure in an old religious painting, enshrouded in myth and encrusted in layers of thick, impenetrable varnish. This book undertakes detailed, up-to-date investigations of Durkheim's work in an effort to restore its freshness and reveal it as originally created. These investigations explore his particular ideas, within an overall narrative of his initial problematic search for solidarity, how it became a quest for the sacred and how, at the end of his life, he embarked on a project for a new.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (xviii, 257 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780857455673
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