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5 - Émile Durkheim: Theorist of Solidarity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 December 2020

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Peter Kivisto
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Peter Kivisto
Peter Kivisto
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Augustana College, Illinois
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This article illustrates how contemporary Durkheim studies offer a corrective to previous misinterpretations. They stress the significance of his work for subsequent developments in cultural sociology and his contribution to our understanding of solidarity, which has informed recent developments in civil society theorizing.

Peter Kivisto is the Richard A. Swanson Professor of Social Thought at Augustana College and International Reader at the University of Helsinki’s Center for Research on Ethnic Relations and Nationalism (CEREN). He is the author or editor of 37 books and over 180 articles and book chapters.

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Anomiedivision of laborindividualismmechanical solidarityorganic solidaritysuicide
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The Cambridge Handbook of Social Theory , pp. 84 - 102
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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