: Against readings that have emphasized Durkheim’s sociological realism and reductionism, this article examines the role of individuality and psychology in his theory. In particular, Durkheim’s approach to representations is the proof of the crucial importance he assigned to mental processes in the construction of social life. Durkheim showed the relation of representations to the collectivity – how ideas promote the sense of community – and in this context he emphasized their epistemological ramifications. Specifically, he pointed to a series of dualisms that remained unexplained by psychological analysis, including the one posing rational against affective logic. While arguing for the preeminence of ideas in Durkheim’s view of society, the article also recognizes the limitations that marred his efforts at reconciling the individual with society. Most notably, his genetic approach and his account of the central role of affect in the creation of the social made Durkheim vulnerable to criticism. Even his late essay on the dualism of human nature, which testifies to his lifelong confrontations with psychology, left a whole set of questions unanswered about his theory’s applicability to historical forms of institutionalization of the social, especially in modernity.
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{"title":"Emprunts de Durkheim à la bibliothèque universitaire de Bordeaux / Durkheim's Loans from Bordeaux University Library: 1889–1902","authors":"N. Sembel, M. Béra","doi":"10.3167/DS.2013.190103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3167/DS.2013.190103","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35254,"journal":{"name":"Durkheimian Studies/Etudes durkheimiennes","volume":"19 1","pages":"49-71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69573878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Le centenaire des Formes élémentaires de la vie religieuse (1912–2012): un double hommage réussi","authors":"Jean-Marc Larouche","doi":"10.3167/DS.2013.190109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3167/DS.2013.190109","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35254,"journal":{"name":"Durkheimian Studies/Etudes durkheimiennes","volume":"19 1","pages":"143-157"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3167/DS.2013.190109","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69574091","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"La liste des emprunts de Durkheim à la bibliothèque universitaire de Bordeaux: Une « imagination méthodologique » en acte","authors":"N. Sembel","doi":"10.3167/DS.2013.190102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3167/DS.2013.190102","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35254,"journal":{"name":"Durkheimian Studies/Etudes durkheimiennes","volume":"19 1","pages":"5-48"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3167/DS.2013.190102","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69573869","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"« Par la porte étroite de la pédagogie » : Émile Durkheim ou de l'éducation","authors":"J. Fabiani","doi":"10.3167/DS.2013.190108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3167/DS.2013.190108","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35254,"journal":{"name":"Durkheimian Studies/Etudes durkheimiennes","volume":"19 1","pages":"125-140"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3167/DS.2013.190108","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69574047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The discovery of registers recording Durkheim’s loans from Bordeaux University’s Arts and Science Library, and also his acquisition requests, presents scholars in the fi eld with a vast and at the same time challenging mass of new material. Acknowledgements are due to Nicolas Sembel and Matthieu Bera for their combination of initiative and effort, after the initial discovery’s excitement, in looking for similar registers in the university’s
{"title":"A Major Discovery: Durkheim's Bordeaux University Library Loans","authors":"W. Miller","doi":"10.3167/ds.2013.190101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3167/ds.2013.190101","url":null,"abstract":"The discovery of registers recording Durkheim’s loans from Bordeaux University’s Arts and Science Library, and also his acquisition requests, presents scholars in the fi eld with a vast and at the same time challenging mass of new material. Acknowledgements are due to Nicolas Sembel and Matthieu Bera for their combination of initiative and effort, after the initial discovery’s excitement, in looking for similar registers in the university’s","PeriodicalId":35254,"journal":{"name":"Durkheimian Studies/Etudes durkheimiennes","volume":"19 1","pages":"3-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3167/ds.2013.190101","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69573818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Career of Émile Durkheim in Brazilian Sociology, 1899–2012","authors":"Márcio Luís de Oliveira","doi":"10.3167/DS.2013.190106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3167/DS.2013.190106","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35254,"journal":{"name":"Durkheimian Studies/Etudes durkheimiennes","volume":"19 1","pages":"81-100"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3167/DS.2013.190106","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69574030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Russian Career of Durkheim's Sociology of Religion and Les Formes Élémentaires: Contribution to a Study","authors":"A. Gofman","doi":"10.3167/DS.2013.190107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3167/DS.2013.190107","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35254,"journal":{"name":"Durkheimian Studies/Etudes durkheimiennes","volume":"2020 1","pages":"101-124"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69574038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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