Sociology & Criminology for a Changing World
Émile Durkheim’s The Rules of Sociological Method (1895) marks a milestone in establishing sociology as an autonomous, empirical discipline. While earlier approaches were often philosophical or speculative, Durkheim formulated the foundations for systematic research based on observable, verifiable data. The work remains central for understanding the scientific core of sociology and the role of objective
With his essay “Social Structure and Anomie”, published in 1949 in the volume Social Theory and Social Structure, Robert K. Merton presented a key text of modern sociology. The essay first appeared in 1938 in the American Sociological Review, but is best known from its extensively revised versions in Merton’s Social Theory and Social Structure
Émile Durkheim (1858–1917) is considered one of the founding figures of modern sociology. In his seminal work The Division of Labour in Society (De la division du travail social, 1893), he examines how social order and cohesion are maintained in complex societies. His central thesis: while traditional societies are held together by mechanical solidarity, modern