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The Rules of Sociological Method (French: Les Règles de la méthode sociologique) is a book by Émile Durkheim, first published in 1895. It is recognized as being the direct result of Durkheim's own project of establishing sociology as a positivist social science. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Durkheim is seen as one of the fathers of sociology, [ 3 ] and this ...
- Emile Durkheim, Steven Lukes
- 1895
First published in 1895: Emile Durkheim's masterful work on the nature and scope of sociology--now with a new introduction and improved translation by leading scholar Steven Lukes.The Rules of the Sociological Method is among the most important contributions to the field of sociology, still debated among scholars today.
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- Section 1. Treat Social Facts as Things
- Section 2. Guidelines For Sociologists
- Section 3. Rules on The Distinction Between Normal and Pathological
The first rule, and the most fundamental, is to consider social facts as things. People inevitably think about what is going on in their environment. They form concepts about such things as marriage, the state, the relationships between parents and children. The problem is that we can mistake these concepts for the things themselves. Thus, two peop...
The fundamental rule for sociologists is to treat social things as things, but there are several corollary rules and guidelines for how to do that. First, systematically rid yourself of all preconceived ideas. You are a human being yourself and hold ideas and prejudices about the world. When you are a sociologist, however, you have to be objective,...
We must be careful to distinguish between observing things that are as they ought to be and observing things that are not as they ought to be – what I am calling “normal” and “pathological” phenomena. Some people say that it is not the place of science to say whether something is as it ought to be or otherwise. There is no “good and evil” in scienc...
Rules for the Explanation of Social Facts. The titles of the first two books of The Division of Labor, as well as most of the arguments within them, attest to Durkheim's aversion for any "teleological" confusion of the function of a social fact with its cause. 18 This aversion followed naturally from Durkheim's preemptive rule of sociological method; for once we recognize that social facts are ...
3.76. 1,819 ratings74 reviews. First published in 1895: Emile Durkheim’s masterful work on the nature and scope of sociology—now with a new introduction and improved translation by leading scholar Steven Lukes. The Rules of the Sociological Method is among the most important contributions to the field of sociology, still debated among ...
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The Rules of Sociological Method is a book by Émile Durkheim, first published in 1895. It is recognized as being the direct result of Durkheim's own project of establishing sociology as a positivist social science. Durkheim is seen as one of the fathers of sociology, and this work, his manifesto of sociology. Durkheim distinguishes sociology from other sciences and justifies his rationale ...
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First published in 1895: Emile Durkheim's masterful work on the nature and scope of sociology--now with a new introduction and improved translation by leading scholar Steven Lukes.The Rules of the Sociological Method is among the most important contributions to the field of sociology, still debated among scholars today. Through letters, arguments, and commentaries on significant debates ...
