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David Durkheim's The Rules Of Sociological Theory

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David Émile Durkheim, a French sociologist who formally established academic discipline with Karl Marx and Max Weber. He is called the father of sociology. The Rules of Sociological Method is a book by Durkheim, where he established sociology as a science. He argued that, social science should be approached with the scientific method. To achieve this goal there is a need to clarify the complexity and approach the problem in a well formulated manner. In order to perform it perfectly the best possible ways is the application is to find the most effective path. This path of Durkheim’s approach to and argument for sociology as a social science is the Social Facts-Method approach. Background In his book, Durkheim stated, "Most social institutions have been handed down to us already fashioned by previous generations; we have had no part in their shaping; consequently it is not by searching within ourselves that we can uncover the causes which have given rise to them…How therefore could we possess the ability to discern more clearly the causes, of a different order of complexity, which inspire the measures taken by the collectivity?" (Durkheim 8). The book showed a challenge that chaotic decisions are the result of a larger structured system. This challenge of elaborating sociology as a social science can be achieved through Social Facts-Method approach. Durkheim Method He said that the religion, urban structures, legal systems, and moral values are the “features of collective
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