Emile durkheims biography

French sociologist (–)

"Durkheim" redirects here. For the spa town in Germany, see Bad Dürkheim.

David Émile Durkheim (;^[1]French:[emildyʁkɛm] or [dyʁkajm]; 15 April – 15 November ) was a French sociologist.

Durkheim formally established the academic discipline of sociology and is commonly cited as one of the principal architects of modern social science, along with both Karl Marx and Max Weber.^[2][3]

Much of Durkheim's work was concerned with how societies can maintain their integrity and coherence in modernity, an era in which traditional social and religious ties are much less universal, and in which new social institutions have come into being.

Durkheim's conception of the scientific study of society laid the groundwork for modern sociology, and he used such scientific tools as statistics, surveys, and historical observation in his analysis of suicides in Catholic and Protestant groups.

Durkheim's first major