Essays on Emile Durkheim

Introduction The structure-agency debate has raged on since the start of time. As the subject of sociology has progressed through the ages so many issues have arisen. One can only start understanding texts from a sociological point of view if we can understand the structure-agency debate. One example of those texts is taken from the…

Teen peer pressure is not a new thing; it has been around in one form or another since time immemorial. In the United States today, though, peer pressure is the focus of major studies from many angles: advertising, drug/alcohol/tobacco use or abuse, teen pregnancy and participation in gangs. While the statistics are startling regarding the…

Introduction Emile Durkheim was a great French sociologist who lived from 1858 to 1917. He believed that the main role of any sociologist was to explain the causes of social phenomena and their functions in society. According to Durkheim, society should not be explained by individuals, but rather individuals should be explained based on their…

Emile Durkheim was born on April 15, 1858 in Lorraine, France. He was born to be the son of a chief Rabbi and it quickly expected that young Emile would follow suit of the occupations of his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. Emile was sent to a rabbinical school. However, things did not turn out as…