Reality seems valueless by comparison with the dreams of fevered imaginations; reality is therefore abandoned. - Émile Durkheim

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Reality seems valueless by comparison with the dreams of fevered imaginations; reality is therefore abandoned.

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About Émile Durkheim

Émile Durkheim (April 15, 1858 – November 15, 1917) was a French sociologist whose contributions were instrumental in the formation of sociology, anthropology and religious studies. His work and editorship of the first journal of sociology (L'Année Sociologique) helped establish sociology within the academy as an accepted social science. Durkheim lectured and published sociological studies on subjects such as education, crime, religion, suicide and other aspects of society. He is often referred to as "The Father of Sociology".

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Native Name: David Émile Durkheim
Alternative Names: Durkheim Emile Durkheim
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But the division of labor is not peculiar to the economic world; we can observe its growing influence in the most varied fields of society. The political, administrative, and judicial functions are growing more and more specialized. It is the same with the aesthetic and scientific functions. It is long since philosophy reigned as the science unique; it has been broken into a multitude of special disciplines each of which has its object, method, and thought. “Men working in the sciences have become increasingly more specialized.

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