A great French Sociologist

Pioneer of Sociology

Emile Durkheim (1858-1917)

He was a French Sociologist. Emile Durkheim was a great sociologist, great thinker, a great philosopher. Who work for the development of the new subject sociologist in 19^th century.

He was born in france in the year 1858.he is influenced sociology like Spencer and comte. He considered society as a whole, an important unit of sociological study. He gave importance types of society. He won’t to establish sociology as an empirical science.

To understand social behavior of the individual larger social context is necessary. He interested in dealing with the problem of social order. He argued that societies are held together by the shared beliefs and values of their members. He sought to examine the forces contributing to group unity or solidarity.

He worked on various fields of sociology like, General Sociology, Sociology of religion, Sociology of Morals, Sociology of Law, Sociology of Crime, Economic Sociology, demography, Sociology of Aesthetics, etc.

His main works-

1.”The division of Labour in Society”

2.”The rules of Sociological Method”

3.”Suicide”

4.”The Elementary Forms of Religious Life”.

Ref-

Shri.C.N.Shankar Rao-Fundamentals of Sociology-Published-2010-2011  page No-12