BETWEEN SCIENCE AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY. ON THE 'SUICIDE' OF EMILE DURKHEIM

• Authors: Dominiak L. M.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The subject matter o this article is one of the most important sociological works - Emile Durkheim's 'Suicide'. In foreword, the thesis about significant influence of Durkheim's personal experience on the character of this book is proposed. In the first part, the biographical trait of neurasthenia included in 'Suicide' is explored. Subsequently, a scientific context in which the considered work once appeared is outlined, leading to critical assessment of certain among its theoretical achievements. Further, the underestimated parts of 'Suicide' are indicated, in which the postulated Durkheimian theory of culture is embedded. In the conclusion the discussion on the meanings of terms 'classic' and 'classical' is touched upon and a need to redefine them is signalized.

Keywords

EN

DURKHEIM EMILE ('SUICIDE'); NEURASTHENIA; SOCIOLOGY OF SCIENTIFIC CREATIVITY

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Studia Socjologiczne
• Year: 2008
• Issue: 3(190)
• Pages: 75-104
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Dominiak L. M.

• L. M. Dominiak, Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika w Toruniu, Instytut Socjologii, ul. Fosa Staromiejska 1a, 87-100 Torun, Poland,

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA05663