For Durkheim: Essays in Historical and Cultural Sociology

'For Durkheim' is a collection of essays written by the author over the past 40 years and follows in the footsteps of previous volumes on 'For Marx' and 'For Weber'. Many of the essays are either difficult to find or were not widely disseminated at the time of publication and now come together in this comprehensive collection.It is a timely and original contribution to debate about Durkheim at a time when his concerns on ethics, morality and civil religion have much relevance for our own troubled and divided society. Two new essays on the Danish Muhammad cartoons and September 11th provide contemporary relevance to the debate and an analytical and interpretive introduction indicates the ongoing importance of Durkheim for sociology.This is an indispensable volume for all serious Durkheim scholars and for sociologists, anthropologists, social historians and scholars and students interested in critical questions of modernity. Translations of papers previously published in French are provided in English for the first time.

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