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Contemporary Religious Leaders: Men Of Thought And Action, Peggy Woodruff Jan 1967

Contemporary Religious Leaders: Men Of Thought And Action, Peggy Woodruff

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The Sociology Of Emile Durkheim, Patricia Chewning Young Apr 1962

The Sociology Of Emile Durkheim, Patricia Chewning Young

Honors Theses

Sociology, the science of society, is an academic discipline. As a social science it is concerned with the acquisition of knowledge, rather than with the reform of individuals or of society. Sociologists, however, are not indifferent to the attempts made by men to improve the conditions of human life. The French sociologist Emile Durkheim firmly believed that the knowledge acquired through the scientific investigation of society could be used to help men build a better tomorrow, but that this sound Imowledge was needed before any type of social reform could be effective. Durkheim's conception of society gave him an indelible …


The Family, William J. Fallis Jan 1934

The Family, William J. Fallis

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With only pleasant recollections of Professor Folsom's book, Culture and Social Progress, textbook for Sociology 2, remaining in my mind, I decided to read his most recent work, The Family as parallel work in Sociology 5. That was sometime just prior to the Christmas holidays. When first I saw the volume, its 604 pages of 8- and 10-point type cast a foreboding shadow across all my anticipations of holidays and succeeding days. It was easily the largest book on the Sociology 5 reserve shelf, yet the memory of the easy style of the other Folsom book and the fear that …