My name is Emile Durkheim and I was the first French academic sociologist. I developed the methodology of combining empirical research with sociological theory. This is a brief introduction on my life, my work and what I brought to the field of sociology. My contributions have affected the social sciences to include; law, economics, linguistics, ethnology, art history, and history (Durkheim, 2006). Philosophy was the ruling social science in my time but through my work the …
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…An Introduction to Four Major Works. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications. Retrieved Feb. 3, 2006, from http://ezproxy.umuc.edu/login?url=http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=13370875 Ramp, W. J. (2001). Durkheim and the Unthought: Some Dilemmas of Modernity. Canadian Journal of Sociology, 26(1), 89-89. Retrieved Feb. 4, 2006, from http://ezproxy.umuc.edu/login?url=http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=5006317