Sociology and Pedagogy. On the Establishment of Sociology as a Moral Science by Émile Durkheim

Abstract

In his sociology, Émile Durkheim has not only dealt extensively with the subject of education, but pedagogy has also a special significance for the establishment of his sociology. On the one hand, this applies to his attempt to establish sociology at French universities and establish it as an independent research discipline. And on the other hand, this applies to his attempt to use his sociology as a moral science to present a crisis analysis of French society and contribute to its solution.

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