The Division of Labor in Society

The Division of Labor in Society by Émile Durkheim, first published in 1893, is a foundational sociological text that explores how the division of labor contributes to social cohesion and the functioning of societies. Durkheim argues that as societies evolve from traditional, simple structures to more complex, industrialized ones, the nature of social solidarity shifts […]

Émile Durkheim’s Suicide: A Study in Sociology is one of the most significant works in the history of sociology, originally published in 1897 and republished in many editions, including Routledge’s 2005 version. Durkheim, a pioneering sociologist, presents an empirical investigation into suicide, not as an individual act, but as a social phenomenon. His work remains […]