Émile Durkheim

Quotes

• “Every society is a moral society. In certain respects, this character is even more pronounced in organised societies. Because the individual is not sufficient unto himself, it is from society that he receives everything necessary to him, as it is for society that he works.”

• “When mores are sufficient, laws are unnecessary. When mores are insufficient, laws are unenforceable.”

• “It is not human nature which can assign the variable limits necessary to our needs. They are thus unlimited so far as they depend on the individual alone. Irrespective of any external regulatory force, our capacity for feeling is in itself an insatiable and bottomless abyss.”

• “Everybody knows that we like those who resemble us, those who think and feel as we do. But the opposite is no less true. It very often happens that we feel kindly towards those who do not resemble us, precisely because of this lack of resemblance.”

• “A social fact is every way of acting, fixed or not, capable of exercising on the individual an external constraint; or again, every way of acting which is general throughout a given society, while at the same time existing in its own right independent of its individual manifestations.”

Books by Émile Durkheim in order

Books by Émile Durkheim in the order they were published, from Émile Durkheim on The division of labor in society (1893) to Dini Hayatin Ilkel Bicimleri (2020).

1. 1Émile Durkheim on The division of labor in societyÉmile Durkheim on The division of labor in society1893
2. 2Emile DurkheimEmile Durkheim1900
3. 3Les règles de la méthode sociologiqueLes règles de la méthode sociologique1912
4. 4The Elementary Forms of the Religious LifeThe Elementary Forms of the Religious Life1915
5. 5Professional Ethics and Civic MoralsProfessional Ethics and Civic Morals1950
6. 6Le suicideLe suicide1951
7. 7Sociology and PhilosophySociology and Philosophy1953
8. 8Education and SociologyEducation and Sociology1956
9. 9Moral EducationMoral Education1961
10. 10SocialismSocialism1962
11. 11IncestIncest1963
12. 12Primitive ClassificationPrimitive Classification1963
13. 13Education et sociologieEducation et sociologie1968
14. 14DurkheimDurkheim1979
15. 15Durkheim and the LawDurkheim and the Law1983
16. 16El SuicidioEl Suicidio2005
17. 17The Elementary Forms Of Religious LifeThe Elementary Forms Of Religious Life2008
18. 18Dinsel Yasamin Ilk BicimleriDinsel Yasamin Ilk Bicimleri2010
19. 19Rules of Sociological MethodRules of Sociological Method2014
20. 20Egitim Ve SosyolojiEgitim Ve Sosyoloji2016
21. 21Sosyolojik Yöntemin KurallariSosyolojik Yöntemin Kurallari2018
22. 22The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life, a Study in ReligThe Elementary Forms of the Religious Life, a Study in Religious Sociology2018
23. 23Dini Hayatin Ilk BicimleriDini Hayatin Ilk Bicimleri2019
24. 24Dini Hayatin Ilkel BicimleriDini Hayatin Ilkel Bicimleri2020