Émile Durkheim
Enemy of Fixed Psychological Elements
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2204747 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Harry Alpert (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1958 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 662-664 |
| Publication date | 1958-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/222361 |
| OpenAlex | W2084971202 |
| Language | DE |
| Citations received | 4 |
Durkheim waged relentless battle against the psychological mode of social analysis which relies on the application of fixed psychological elements. As a consequence of his conception of society as a reality sui generis, he developed the methodological canon that social facts must be explained in terms of other social facts. Despite the logical and sociological difficulties involved, the fixed psychological elements approach still prevails. Durkheim's position is discussed in terms of studies of the incest taboo
Adversary · Battle · Computer security · Epistemology · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Taboo · Anthropology · Computer Science · Emile Durkheim and Sociology · History · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1995 - 2011 (17) |
| Highly cited | No |