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Émile Durkheim

Alternative title:
an intellectual biography
Abstract:

Durkheim's background is described: born into a rabbinical family in Alsace-Lorraine, he grew up in an environment of defensive social cohesiveness, austerity and moral severity. On the third attempt, he was admitted to the Ecole Normale Superieure in 1879.

His reaction to the Ecole's largely classical and literary curriculum was unfavourable, but he excelled in philosophical and political discussions with his contemporaries (he was strongly republican) and, though critical of most...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Department:
Faculty of Social Studies
Role:
Author
Publication date:
1969
Type of award:
DPhil
Level of award:
Doctoral
Awarding institution:
University of Oxford
Language:
English
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Local pid:
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Source identifiers:
602326195 and 602326196
Deposit date:
2013-01-21

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