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Why Bother with Durkheim? Teaching Sociology in the 1990s

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ID3524973
AuthorsDavid S Parker (0000-0003-1013-6510, University of Birmingham, corresponding author), David Parker (0000-0001-7101-3843, University of Birmingham)
Year1997
Volume45
Issue1
Pages122-146
Publication date1997-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Sociological Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-0261 • E-ISSN: 1467-954X
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/1467-954x.00057
OpenAlexW2011666165
LanguageEN
Citations received21
References cited23

Mark: That's the down side of setting up a grand narrative of sociology, people read the books when they're thirty, become professors of sociology and then do about one book every five years ... 'What should we mean by the "classics of sociology"? Does the term "classical social theory" have some real force, or is it just a vague label of convenience? And are "classics" the same as "founders"?' (Giddens, 1995: 4). Ashfaq: People are saying, some close friends of mine who I meet regularly, they say to me that the western disciplines, western education of social sciences, the whole framework which they follow is a non-starter for us and the whole thing has to change, change the rules of the game, goalposts ... you name it

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