Durkheim and After: The Durkheimian Tradition, 1893-2020 [Hardcover]

?mile Durkheims major works are among the founding texts of the discipline of sociology, but his importance lies also in his immense legacy and subsequent influence upon others.?

In this book, Philip Smith examines not only Durkheims original ideas, but also reveals how he inspired more than a century of theoretical innovations, identifying the key paths, bridges, and dead ends  as well as the tensions and resolutions  in what has been a remarkably complex intellectual history.? Beginning with an overview of the key elements of Durkheims mature masterpieces, Smith also examines his lesser known essays, commentaries and lectures. He goes on to analyse his immediate influence on the?Ann?e Sociologique?group, before tracing the international impact of Durkheim upon modern anthropology, sociology, and social and cultural theory. Smith shows that many leading social thinkers, from Marcel Mauss to Mary Douglas and Randall Collins, have been carriers for the multiple pathways mapped out in Durkheims original thought.

This book will be essential reading for any student or scholar seeking to understand this fundamental impact on areas ranging from social theory and anthropology to religious studies and beyond.Preface and Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Durkheims Life and the Four Major Books
Situating Durkheim  early life and training - The Division of Labor - The Rules of Sociological Method  Suicide - the middle career phase - L'Ann?e Sociologique - the Elementary Forms - death.

Chapter 2: Durkheims Other Works and the Contributions of His Students

The variety of outputs  individualism - socialism - ethics- the state  sex/gender/family/marriage- pragmatism education - the body  punishment  classification  Mauss  Hertz  Hubert - other students in the Ann?e team.

Chapter 3: Durkheimian TlÓJ