The Cambridge Companion to Durkheim

by Edited by Jeffrey C. Alexander , Philip Smith

• ISBN13: 9780521001519
• ISBN10: 052100151X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-20
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Long recognised as a foundational figure in the development of social scientific thought, Emile Durkheim's work has been the subject of intense debate over the years. This authoritative and comprehensive collection of essays re-examines the impact of Durkheim's thought, considering the historical contexts of his work as well as evaluating his ideas in relation to current issues and controversies. Eminent authorities in the field have contributed to this up-to-date overview, giving the reader - both students and academics - a chance to engage directly with leading figures in the field about contemporary trends, ideas and dilemmas. This volume reflects the cross-disciplinary application of Durkheim's theories and will interest scholars of anthropology, political science, cultural studies and philosophy, as well as sociology. This is a landmark volume that redefines the relevance of Durkheim to the human sciences in the twenty-first century.

Table of Contents

Preface and acknowledgments	ix
Notes on contributors	xi
Chronology of Durkheim's life	xiv
1 Introduction: the new Durkheim	1	(40)
PHILIP SMITH AND JEFFREY C. ALEXANDER
Part I Life, context, and ideas
2 Durkheim's life and context: something new about Durkheim?	41	(29)
MARCEL FOURNIER
3 Durkheim's squares: types of social pathology and types of suicide	70	(10)
PHILIPPE BESNARD
4 Practices and presuppositions: some questions about Durkheim and Les Formes élémentaires de la vie religieuse	80	(21)
ROBERT ALUN JONES
5 The Durkheimian movement in France and in world sociology	101	(35)
RANDALL COLLINS
6 The inner development of Durkheim's sociological theory: from early writings to maturity	136	(24)
JEFFREY C. ALEXANDER
7 What difference does translation make: Les Formes élémentaires de la vie religieuse in French and English	160	(23)
KAREN E. FIELDS
Part II Symbols, rituals, and bodies
8 Durkheim and ritual	183	(28)
ROBERT N. BELLAH
9 Embodiment, emotions, and the foundations of social order: Durkheim's enduring contribution	211	(28)
CHRIS SHILLING
10 Drag kings at the totem Ball: the erotics of collective representation in Emile Durkheim and Sigmund Freud	239	(35)
ROGER FRIEDLAND
11 "Renegade Durkheimianism" and the transgressive left sacred	274	(31)
ALEXANDER T. RILEY
Part III Solidarity, difference, and morality
12 Durkheim, solidarity, and September 11	305	(17)
EDWARD A. TIRYAKIAN
13 Is Durkheim a class analyst?	322	(38)
DAVID B. GRUSKY AND GABRIELA GALESCU
14 Durkheim's society revisited	360	(23)
ZYGMUNT BAUMAN
15 Beyond solidarity? Durkheim and twenty-first century democracy in a global age	383	(27)
MARK S. CLADIS
Selected works by Durkheim and further reading	410	(9)
Index	419