Page 80 - DSOC401_SOCIOLOGICAL_THOUGHT_ENGLISH
P. 80
Sociological Thought Sukanya Das, Lovely Professional University
notes unit-14: contribution in sociological method - sociology
as a science - the concept of social facts
contents
Objectives
Introduction
14.1 Methodology of Durkhiem
14.2 Social Fact
14.3 Summary
14.4 Keywords
14.5 Review Questions
14.6 Further Readings
objectives
After studying this unit, the students will be able to:
y To know about the study method of Durkheim,
y The interpretation of sociology in the form of social science,
y The interpretation of social facts.
introduction
Two years after the publication of the book ‘Division-Labor’ in 1895, Durkheim published his other
book ‘The rule of Sociological Method’. In this book Durkheim predicated the intension of social facts.
He says social incidents as social facts. The aim of Durkheim to write this book was to make sociology,
a free science. So he forced upon the study of social facts. In this epic Durkheim defined the method
of study and field, content of sociology. Durkheim believes the social facts out of human in the form
of things. He writes, “The manners of every action are able to effect like external determinant element
on human.”
14.1 methodology of Durkheim
The support of Durkheim is very phenomenal and considerable in sociology at the sight of methodology.
At this sight, his main aim of that sociology was manifested in the form of a free and specific science.
By this viewpoint he was lodge his attention in the improvement of this method. The central subject of
his ideas is that he forced on the study of social incident. By this viewpoint, Durkheim did diatribe of
the famous analysis of psychological and zoological in the method of sociology and ignored them.
Notes Durkheim writes that sociologist must focus to the study of judge of social-
structural.
74 LoVeLY professionaL uniVersitY