French sociologist, social psychologist and philosopher. He formally established the academic discipline and, with Karl Marx and Max Weber, is commonly cited as the principal architect of modern social science and father of sociology. Durkheim authored some of the most programmatic statements on what sociology is and how it should be practiced. His concern was to establish sociology as a science. Arguing for a place for sociology among other sciences he wrote: Sociology is, then, not an auxiliary of any other science; it is itself a distinct and autonomous science. —Émile Durkheim To give sociology a place in the academic world and to ensure that it is a legitimate science, it must have an object that is clear and distinct from philosophy or psychology, and its own methodology. He argued: There is in every society a certain group of phenomena which may be differentiated from ....those studied by the other natural sciences. —Émile Durkheim
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