Reviews for Emile Durkheim, His Life and Work: A Historical and Critical Study

The average rating for Emile Durkheim, His Life and Work: A Historical and Critical Study based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-02-08 00:00:00 Christopher Davis The author unfortunately uses a poorly literary device: he names drops or cites a work, then moves on. This is either pretentious or careless. The hundreds of names and works cited would take a literal lifetime to read. A positive is that the author presents Durkheim's work in a very presentable fashion. A negative, is that many if the passages are only quotes and does not do much to inform about Durkheim or his life. If you are looking for succinct summaries of works you have already read, you will find it here. Insight into Durkheim and his experiences are minimal, although it should probably be attributed to the Germans destroying so much academic material during the WW1 occupation.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-08-24 00:00:00 Greg Whitmore Very helpful in understanding Durkheim