For Durkheim

For Durkheim is a timely and original contribution to the debate about Durkheim at a time when his concerns on ethics morality and civil religion have much relevance for our own troubled and divided society. It includes two new essays from Edward A. Tiryakianâs collection on the Danish Muhammad cartoons and September 11th providing contemporary relevance to the debate and an analytical and interpretive introduction indicating the ongoing importance of Durkheim within sociology. This indispensable volume for all serious Durkheim scholars includes English translations of papers previously published in French for the first time and will be of interest to sociologists anthropologists social historians and those interested in critical questions of modernity. Language: English