Title Durkheim and the Jews of France / Ivan Strenski

Published Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, ©1997

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 215 pages) : illustrations Series Chicago studies in the history of Judaism Chicago studies in the history of Judaism. Summary Ivan Strenski debunks the common notion that there is anything "essentially" Jewish in Durkheim's work. Seeking the Durkheim inside the real world of Jews in France rather than the imagined Jewishness inside Durkheim himself, Strenski adopts a Durkheimian approach to understanding Durkheim's thought. In so doing he shows for the first time that Durkheim's sociology (especially his sociology of religion) took form in relation to the Jewish intellectual life of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century France. Strenski begins each chapter by weighing particular claims (some anti-Sem Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-202) and index Notes Print version record Subject Durkheim, Émile, 1858-1917. SUBJECT Durkheim, Émile, 1858-1917 fast Subject Jews -- France -- Intellectual life SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. Ethnic relations Intellectual life Jews -- Intellectual life SUBJECT France -- Intellectual life -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051441 France -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051442 France -- Ethnic relations Subject France Form Electronic book LC no. 96047904 ISBN 0226777359 9780226777351 9780226777238 0226777235 9780226777245 0226777243

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