SOCIOL 2LL3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Society 1, Altruistic Suicide, Anomie

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Early years: durkheim was born in 1858 in france. He had a jewish back ground, but when he became a teenager he started turning away from his jewish faith because he became a non believer. Having said that what is interesting while he was a non believer he was fascinated by religion. Education: durkheim was an outstanding student, he got accepted into a prestigious college in france. He quickly became dissatisfied about what he was learning (latin and greek). He did become very interested in scientific methods and moral principals. He began to develop an interest in sociology in his last year. Why was he interested in sociology because he thought that sociology was a discipline that could better understand. Early employment: he started working as a teacher, high schools around paris. He had the opportunity to conduct a study, this study was done for the french ministry of.

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