SOCI 330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Immanuel Kant, French Revolution, Urban Sociology

• School: McGill University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 330
• Professor: Lindsay John

Document Summary

Outline: life, what durkheim is about, his first book the division of labor in society, comment he is a pair with max weber. 1858-1917 family has a strong jewish background rabi. When durkheim was young, he goes through a crisis of faith and abandons judaism. He wants to get in the center of french society. Succeeds and gets in the french elite (best elite school) Spends some time in germany and learns german. Became a prof in bordeaux and taught a number of courses on the family, socialization, the law, urban sociology, what we think of classical sociological subjects. When he was in bordeaux, he wrote 2 thesis. On rousseau and montesquieu very revealing. Very good on rousseau because rousseau influenced him. In paris french society is torn apart. Wrote a text: individuals and the intellectuals. Important because it helps situate durkheim and know who he is.