Emile Durkheim
Emile Durkheim · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Sociologist, a founding figure of modern sociology as an academic discipline
1858, Épinal, France — 1917, Paris, France
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Emile Durkheim is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Sociologist, a founding figure of modern sociology as an academic discipline
Durkheim established sociology as a rigorous academic discipline, founding France's first university sociology department and the journal L'Année sociologique, and pioneering empirical method in works such as The Rules of Sociological Method (1895) and Suicide (1897). Born into an Alsatian Jewish family descended from a line of rabbis, he abandoned religious practice but his Jewish background is well documented.
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Sociologist, a founding figure of modern sociology as an academic discipline
Source: Britannica
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