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Contemporary Problems and the Theories of Emile Durkheim

In five pages this paper considers 3 contemporary problems from the theoretical perspectives of Emile Durkheim including infant ab...

Contemporary Society and the Theories of Emile Durkheim and Karl Marx

In eight pages this essay compares the theories of Durkheim and Marx in a conceptual consideration that includes modern issues suc...

Social Problems and the Theories of Emile Durkheim

In ten pages the theories of Emile Durkheim inclusive of anomie are applied to such social problems as poverty, homelessness, and ...

Substance Abuse and Emile Durkheim's Social Theories

a biological entity" (Coser, 1977, p. 129). These factors which are external to the individual outlast individuals who die over ti...

Old Criminology Theory of Thought

In his book The Division of Labor in Society, Durkheim proposed two concepts. First, that societies evolved from a simple, nonspec...

State Views of Michel Foucault and Emile Durkheim

down, in eating certain meats...in not celebrating certain holidays, etc.?" (1933, p. 72) While such prohibitions are common in ma...

Multiculturalism and Charles Taylor

In five pages Taylor's multiculturalism theories are discussed and then compared with those of Emile Durkheim and Max Weber with s...

Marx and Durkheim and Their Theories of Religion

oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, just as it is the spirit of a spiritless condition. It is the opium of the peo...

Suicide by Emile Durkheim and its Relevance

the field of psychology has changed quite a bit and so, to speak of insanity in those terms is somewhat antiquated. Today, there a...

Societal Concept of Emile Durkheim

allow him a greater ability to define what served as the foundation for social change and how it changed and grew into other degre...

Contemporary Society and Classical Theory

tendencies within society and the fact that people are far too concerned with their own well being to fend for those who cannot fe...

Durkheim and the Concept of Anomie

the same group-oriented goals" (Durkheims anomie). However, when societies become more complex, work also becomes more complex; pe...

Sociological Views on the Divination Function in 1 Samuel 28

I bring up unto thee? And he said, bring me up Samuel" (1 Samuel 28:11). Samuel does appear, but warns Saul of his upcoming ruin d...

New Zealand's Working Women

is the only one who bears children and can feed them from her own body. She can be raped. She can do or endure all of these things...

Sociology's Function and Nature

In seven pages this paper examines the function and nature of sociology in a consideration of Emile Durkheim's theories and the te...

Society According to Emile Durkheim

of solidarity in terms of society in general. But, according to Durkheims theorizing, it is not necessarily a beneficial transitio...

Emile Durkheim, Auguste Comte, and Collectivist Theory

In seven pages collectivist theory is considered through a comparison and contrast of Emile Durkheim's and Auguste Comte's views. ...

Indian Politics and the Significance of Religion

With this, one may be critical of modern life (1008). Further, some thinkers look at Durkheims "social cement " and equate it wit...

Society, Deviance, and Differences

In five pages deviance in society is examined in a discussion of the labeling theory along with the philosophies of Emile Durkheim...

Sociological Perspective Applied to Gays in the Workplace

In eleven pages gays in the workplace is examined through the sociological perspectives offered by the division of labor theory of...

Alienation and Anomie

In five pages contemporary relevance is considered in a comparative analysis of the alienation concept of Karl Marx and the anomie...

Demeanor and Deference

conflict with ones humane position; after all, such ethical importance is nowhere if not at the heart of existence. "Because obli...

Two Classical Era Ethical Theorists on Animal Experimentation

comes to the living world as a whole, inasmuch as species perceive issues of control in significantly different ways. If utilitar...

Social Solidarity and Emile Durkheim

In three pages this essay defines the concept of social solidarity as glimpsed from Emile Durkheim's perspective and then applied ...

Anomie Sociological Concept

In five pages Emile Durkheim's concept of anomie is examined through several examples, organic and mechanical solidarity is explai...

Theories of Anthropology

In a paper consisting of seven pages Emile Durkheim's functionalism, Julian Steward's cultural anthropology, and Franz Boas's psyc...

Functionalist Perspective on Gender Wage Discrimination

to increase opportunities for women (Turner, 2003). The work has involved reducing some of the barriers faced by women in the work...

Literature Review on Sexual Orientation and Risk of Suicide

may also contribute to the high suicide rate (Riddle, 1996). While this may be considered a landmark study, other studies have sho...

Equality and Liberty According to Such Social Theorists as Emile Durkheim and Karl Marx

Paine disagreed and argued that all governments are bad and that only society is good but even he conceded that "governments are n...

Durkheim and Marx on Equality and Liberty

predominating fact peculiar to these ages is equality of conditions, and the chief passion which stirs men at such times"(2002). ...