Sex and the sociological fathers*

Sydie, R.

doi:10.1111/j.1755-618x.1994.tb01254.x

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“…Although his purpose was to give sociology a systematic scientific basis by providing social explanations of human behaviour, he often resorts to biological accounts to explain women's place in society, different rates of suicide of men and women, and the differential effects social institutions have on the sexes. Durkheim's discourse on women, as has been widely recognized, is based on "non-social" facts (Lemert 2006;Shope 1994;Sydie 1987;Wityak and Wallace 1981).…”

Section: Gender and Evolutionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This view has been echoed by Lemert (2006:127) and Shope (1994:25), among others, who argue that Durkheim theorizes women as natural, "asocial" creatures determined by biology. Woman, thus, depends upon her nature, man upon society (Lehmann 1994;Sydie 1987). Witz and Marshall (2004b:20-21) are correct to point out that, although classical sociologists started out with the conception of "the individual as social," they never conceptualized both sexes as "wholly social in their constitution."…”

Section: Civilization and Its Uneven Effectmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For "pre-social, organically given factors play a crucial role at various points in his theory, as for example, in his doctrine about the biologically given characteristics of womanhood." See also Wityak and Wallace 1981;Sydie 1987. of opportunities, and different education and socialization experiences. This may explain why he does not hold a generic conception of the human individual and why women are not included in his vision of equity and justice.…”

Section: Civilization and Its Uneven Effectmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For studies from the standpoint of women, see D. Smith 1987Smith , 1992S. Harding 1991;Witz and Marshall 2004a;Sydie 2004. stantive. Historically, universal ideals have been limited to white males -they alone have been the autonomous, self-governing individual with rights and liberties.…”

Section: Gendered Construction Of Justice and Rightsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although there is an extensive scholarship and feminist critique on Durkheim's ideas on gender relations, suicide, law, religion (Lehmann 1994(Lehmann , 1991(Lehmann , 1990Shope, 1994;Gane 1992;Kandal 1988;Sydie 1987;Tiryakian 1981;Johnson 1972;Besnard 1973), and a few authors have pointed out, in passing, that Durkheim's universalistic orientation "was marred by his exclusion" of the female sex (Llobera 2002:77;Barmaki 2008:57;Gane 1992:105;Cladis 1992:303fn14), the relationship between his theory of justice and freedom, and his views on women, has not been fully explored. The overwhelming majority of scholars dealing with his theory of moral individualism, present Durkheim as a champion of individual rights, and the theory itself as a "universal modern value system" (Cotterrell 2010:xi).…”

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Durkheim on Moral Individualism, Social Justice and Rights: A Gendered Construction of Rights

Cristi

2012

Can. J. Soc.

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A standard interpretation of Durkheim's theory of individualism is that he advocated the rights and dignity of the individual, and a social order based on the principles of equality and justice. Contemporary scholars discuss his notion of individual rights in neutral terms, as if Durkheim applied it equally to both sexes, ignoring the fact that women are excluded from Durkheim's vision of a just society. This article places Durkheim's theory of moral individualism and social justice in the context of his views on women, and offers a critique both of his theory and its present-day interpretation. It is argued that his reputation as defender of human rights is undermined by his theoretical treatment of the female sex. Durkheim refers to the "individual" in generic terms, but his approach to a just social order and rights is essentially formulated in terms of the "social" male individual.

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Émile Durkheim

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Pearce

2011

The Wiley‐Blackwell Companion to Major Social Theorists

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Émile Durkheim (1858-1917) played a central role in the development of a theoretically robust empirical sociology in France. Engaged by some of the major social, political and intellectual concerns of his times, Durkheim explored topics as diverse as industrialization, socialism, crime, suicide, religion, morality, the family, education, professional ethics, and sociological method. Building on the work of his theoretical predecessors (e.g., Henri de Saint-Simon, Auguste Comte, and Herbert Spencer), a significant challenge Durkheim took up was the development of appropriate methodological protocols for the systematic study of society. His erudite writings were animated by his enduring passion to uncover and explore the deeply social foundations of our human existence.Durkheim's tireless intellectual labors were pivotal to sociology's establishment as an institutionally legitimized and productive academic discipline. This was evident by the central role he played in the successful establishment of the discipline's first major academic journal in France, L'Année Sociologique in 1898, and by his earning of the first post in France to bear the name "sociology." As Edward Tiryakian aptly remarks, "before Durkheim sociology was a provocative idea; by his professional endeavors it became an established social fact" (Tiryakian 2009: 11).Durkheim was adamant that there was a responsibility to develop sociology in ways that could illuminate the complex nature of social reality on its own terms. He dissented from the reigning position that sociology be corralled into a domain of study limited by the psychologistic assumption, shared by many European thinkers since the seventeenth century, that society is merely the sum total of individuals. Durkheim hints that sociology was, in fact, the master discipline within the social sciences: 9Émile Durkheim TARA MILBRANDT AND FRANK PEARCE 1 tara milbrandt and frank pearce of teachers who came to have a formative influence on his intellectual development. These included the historian Fustel de Coulanges and the neo-Kantian philosopher Émile Boutroux. He became strongly influenced by the writings of Charles Renouvier, another neo-Kantian philosopher, whose writings he was introduced to during his university studies in Paris.It is an understatement to say that Durkheim belonged to an extremely influential generation of students. Many of his classmates at L'École Normale, including Henri Bergson and Jean Jaurès (who became a close friend), would go on to become influential and leading intellectual figures. Within this exceptional context, it is notable that Durkheim was considered almost excessive in his studiousness and seriousness, even earning the nickname "the metaphysician" (Coser 1977) amongst his peers. Though at the end of his third year he scored abysmally (second from the bottom) on a national test, Durkheim came to be well respected by those professors with whom he became well acquainted. In a letter of reference dated October 14, 1882, Fustel de Coulanges described Durkheim ...

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Much ado about gender: A conceptual travelogue

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Advances in Gender Research

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Sex and the sociological fathers*

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Durkheim on Moral Individualism, Social Justice and Rights: A Gendered Construction of Rights

Durkheim on Moral Individualism, Social Justice and Rights: A Gendered Construction of Rights

Émile Durkheim

Much ado about gender: A conceptual travelogue

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