Emile Durkheim and the Collective Consciousness of Society
Emile Durkheim and the Collective Consciousness of Society
Summary
This volume presents the first ever book-length treatment of Émile Durkheim’s concept of the ‘collective consciousness of society’.
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Emile Durkheim and the Collective Consciousness of Society by Kenneth Smith
This volume presents the first ever book-length treatment of Emile Durkheims concept of the collective consciousness of society.‘This excellent book makes a number of extremely interesting and original arguments and neatly links the historical/theoretical focus on Durkheim to contemporary criminological and more broadly sociological concernsIt should be accessible to undergraduates as well as being of interest to scholars in the field.’ —William Outhwaite, Professor of Sociology, Newcastle University, UK
‘In his excellent book Kenneth Smith provides a rigorous reading of a wider range of Durkheim’s texts than is typically used by sociologists and criminologists. In doing so, he finds rarely noticed positive developments of, but also flaws in, the conceptual systems Durkheim deploys. Smith works with these systems, discriminating between them, correcting them, combining them, and using his own sociological imagination to produce a new and conceptually enriched Durkheimianism.’ —Frank Pearce, Professor of Sociology, Queen’s University, Canada
‘Kenneth Smith opens Pandora’s box and retheorizes Durkheim’s crucial notion of the “conscience collective”. His careful analytical exercise is not just illuminating for criminology but also for social theory in general. Smith prompts us to ask once again what the common or collective consciousness of our own societies today might look like. A major achievement of Durkheimian scholarship.’ —Hans-Peter Müller, Professor of Sociology, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
Kenneth Smith is Reader in Criminology and Sociology at Buckinghamshire New University, High Wycombe, UK and the author of ‘A Guide to Marx’s “Capital” Vols I–III’ (2012), also published by Anthem Press.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781783082285 |
| ISBN 10 | 1783082283 |
| Title | Emile Durkheim and the Collective Consciousness of Society |
| Author | Kenneth Smith |
| Series | Key Issues In Modern Sociology |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Anthem Press |
| Year published | 2014-08-01 |
| Number of pages | 276 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |