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by Emile Durkheim,

Edited by Anthony Giddens

Cambridge University Press

Due/Published May 1985, 282 pages, paper

ISBN 0521097126

Durkheim's writings have exerted a profound influence in modern sociology. Many of his ideas have been incorporated into the conventional wisdom of the subject; others have remained controversial, and are a matter of continuing debate. The reception of Dukheim's views in the English-speaking world, however, has suffered from the inadequacy of certain of the existing translations and, while most of his major studies are now available in English, a considerable number of his writings - particulary his short articles and reviews - have still not appeared in translation.