Tag Archives: Emile Durkheim

Sociological Theory – Power and Cohesion

Posted on July 6, 2011 by

Simmel on Power:     “Nobody in general, wishes that his influence completely determine the other individual.  He rather wants this influence, this determination of the other, to act back upon him.“   “Where the significance of one party sinks so … Continue reading →

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Sociological Theory – Some Ideas

Posted on June 29, 2011 by

Georg Simmel on Interaction. “The triad as such seems to me to result in three kinds of typical group formations.  All of them are impossible if there are only two elements…. in the most significant of all dyads, monogamous marriage, … Continue reading →

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Social Facts and the Role of Roles

Posted on February 20, 2011 by

Social Science is grounded in what Durkheim pointed out in his methodology as Social Facts. (One wonders if he read Hard Times by Charles Dickens (1854) and related with Josiah Bounderby and his “Stick to the Facts” attitude.)  One concept … Continue reading →

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Schools of Thought

Posted on February 17, 2011 by

Within most scientific disciplines there are hundreds of thinkers writing hundreds of books on hundreds of topics.  Without a framework to classify these thinkers its difficult to link the theories proposed or effectively evaluate them.  It is also difficult then … Continue reading →

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