Moral Humanism and the Question of Holism
Historical Reflections
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12586260 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan Stedman Jones (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Durkheimian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1362-024X • E-ISSN: 1752-2307 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/ds.2009.150108 |
| OpenAlex | W1963818783 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
This paper explores the nature of Durkheim’s theoretical language concerning the whole and the individual. I look at the questions of holism and individualism throughout his thought, but I particularly focus on ‘L’individualisme et les intellectuels’, where he enters the debate over the Dreyfus affair, espousing the language of intellectual and moral right. I examine the historical and philosophical background of this and the tensions between individualism and socialism, within neglected aspects of French political history. Here a new language of individuality and right was forged, not simply through the pressure of events, but through a re-thinking of socialist holism from within a philosophical tradition
Communism · Epistemology · Focus (optics · Holism · Humanism · Individualism · Political science · Politics · Socialism · Sociology · Theology · Emile Durkheim and Sociology · Law · Philosophical and Theoretical Analysis · Philosophy · Philosophy, Sociology, Political Theory
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |