SY203 Lecture : Lecture 1- Early Sociology and Emilie Durkheims work These were the first lecture notes taken on Emilie Durkheims work.
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Emilie durkheim was born on 1858 in a small town in rural france. In 1879 after entering the ecole normale in paris he became interested in the study of society. After obtaining a position at the university of bordeaux at the age of 29, he completed four major sociological works: the division of labor, the rules of sociological method, the study of suicide and the. Durkheim"s strength as one of the founders of the discipline rests wholly on the body of these works. They constitute the major research studies in sociology. By 1895, as a founder of the discipline, durkheim formed a research group that established the discipline of sociology in france. Eventually, this led to the formation of a theoretical perspective for studying and social behavior. By the time of his death in 1917, he had produced a large body of writings and founded one of the most coherent theoretical perspectives of the nineteenth century.
