EMILE DURKHEIM:
SELECTED WRITINGS
ited, translated, and with an introduction by
ANTHONY GIDDENS
el fKige Clegs, and Use Laster ia
‘Stodogy, Cambie
9B CAMBRIDGE
UNIVERSITY PRESS‘he formers posible onl in ofr asthe individual personality
thse int the cole personaly the ater able sy
{Peach ono ha sper of soon which spelt & hin” ea
he sonality. I is necny ten at i
consis clloctice eae open apr ofthe isa cue
omen re tht spoil fancies oye eed
ftmcine which teat rogste The mows the ea
‘Stended, the svonger he Sedon whieh ses
Soldat. Ia fact onthe ‘ne has every ida,
tore scl en society a our bcs ane da
the otber, dhe activity of every ind! becomes dee penn
ale to the degren tat ore spetlned. No lata oo
unser fi never comply og
Sec of our ecpaton we cata
jects wich ar common Yo our whole aqetonel
‘But, in this instance, the yoke that we submit x6 is much less wl
the when soe compel ental ian eves
tpore place opens the fe pay of oinatve ee, a,
ted om time as that ofits parts
city becomet mare apa of epee neonate
tie that ‘each of fr elements bas geo freer of nein. Te
tala reels that which ye Cente aca the highae
Erna Hach organ, ect, yds peal chars tol ae
mya aod yet the ity of he onanism ‘a as pono he
indivdoation of the. pase more marked Becks of ths
aly we propose ts eof the slcany which i doe othe
Alvin of lt ongaj "
DTS, pp. 79, 80-2, 85, 96-101
6. The division of labour and social,
differentiation
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sans wiz mle ao le ae Ge
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ga ead em ne or od
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SETS Ed ge a etry nd is wh oe
ahs nen Sa ee Be
Spec Ey a renee ao‘name to the distribution of the population in layers of generations.
Inthe ate epoch i which those peoples have been sed, there
were indeed, some special obligations which bound the child
{o ts matoral relative, but thexe are of Hite consequence, and
ate not perceptibly distinct from those which Tink the child to
‘ther members of soley.
‘We give the name clan to the horde which has cease tobe ine
dependent by bering an element in 8 moe extensive Bog
at of sogmenalscltey witha cla- base to societies wh
tre formed by an association of clans. We eal oceties ‘segmental
Imre nate at hey recat by he repiton
sila groupings, rather Ike the rings ofan crthworm, and
reveal i indent slants, ecw hi od
‘xpress mixed nate at once, femal and plea. Tt
1a farly inthe sense that ll the members wo compose Icon
Sidr themselves relative snd ey ar, infact, forte most
Song, ty ht ected by tae
tix are thowe which piniplly Keep Wem united. In ad8iten,
thy noms rtonpe wll we fan term dae sae we
fs find theon in socetie whose fami character ndopotable
{Tam refong to olectve pnishment, calctive responsi,
tad, as soon as privat property makes its appearance, common
hestnces But on the ober and iis ot a family in the
[Proper sense ofthe word, forin order belong tit rs not nese
ny to have any definite relatons of consangutity with other
Torbers of the Gants enough to poner au exteral quali,
‘which generally costs in having the same name. Although ti
ign is thought to dente a common origin such a ei tatas
realy contftes very tnconclisve prok, ands vsy sy 10
Spy Tins, te lan contains a great may strangers, and this
Deri fe attain dimensions suchas a family, propery speak
Tig mer has fen compris seer than pon
Mlrcover it sth fendamental pita! unit; tho heads Of clas
‘thon socal eth.
‘We ean the abel this ngaisation ‘politico fami Not on
tas the can consangutaty az its bans but diferent clang within
thesame society are ft Gnsdered askin tone nother,
“Tir erganitio, jst Bik the horde of which iis oaly an
extension event aries with it no eter soiarty than that
derived from resenblance, since the society i formed of salar
Sepnents and these In thelr turn cncloe only homogensos
tlements No dob, each clan has ts own charactor sd
Gistnguihed from others, but the soidarty ts proprtionaly
weaker as they are more heterogeneous, and vice versa. For sem
rag oe ann Sears aes at wel
Sree ate er
see ces by To te
aes, a a oe
isa be Pho es EE pr a
ines ae
ey ea ep ty
sepa a ge yen cts
i en ny omg
vom ermal thy Ban Se ae
saa
see hee et
Fe Sere omc te
fe teat toed orate a
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week et a
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san eo a ge
igh aaah ee ong ti
ip a a seca ts Fe sae
Si dnt a
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ety Hs ear om
fener fe ee
fe nS ae ga
pe et Saki ane pa
‘thers Bot needs them, justas they have need of it.
Se opm
ia ore ti oe
shee tae tine eens
fot pe thane Sepa ae
gin es Ee ee
aa mp tana ye fey ee
it nd acer os ge Bo a
een ieee Ak mel eh
sti ee pa eh
See ae em foam apeo ef
te eee rhe
fn Std a ny ea
rch eae a ie ee{e's thus thatthe clans which together formed the tbe of the
Tae apport psy fnctons for themes mong the
ibrew people. Ta a generl way, cases and castes, probably
deriv thee origin and their charecter in hs ways they ase fro
the msrp ogi ich ing ap ein
pre-eisting fall organeation, But this mined erangement
ansiot endure for between the two conditions that i attest
recon, thete is an antagonism which necessary enn
bretk I's only a very rudimentary division of labore which can
adapt suet to those did, defined totes which were not made
fork. can gow ny bytes a om teeth whch
eaclousit AS son sit has passed a certain stage of development,
there isn longer any connection ether betwees the given ame,
of sents andthe steady growth of functions which are becom.
{0g specialised, or betwoea the hereditary xed properties of Uo
fit and the new apts thatthe second eal forth: The sobs
stance of scl Ifo mt ener into entirely nee combinains fn
let to onganlso sll upon completly diferent foundations,
Bor te olf rts, 0 ar ar pnts ope a
‘That is why itmust disappear,
DTS, pp. 148-51, 152 nd 157-9
Not only, a a general way, does mechanical solidarity lak men
Jes strongly than organi slidarty, but ali, as we advance in he
scale of stl evolution becomes increasingly wea
The strength of the social os which have tie origin dior in
relation tothe thee follwing eons
1 The relation between the volume ofthe conscience colectce
and that ofthe individoal mind, The inks are Soorger the ee
theft campltely envelop the second
3. The average intensity ofthe ates ofthe conscience elective.
The eaton between volumes being ogal thay tv ac
over the individual ap (thas vita, om the her hed
consists of only weak forces, it can move the nda aay
weakly in the clive direction He wll the more cay Be
eto purus his wn course and salary wl ios be ae
4. The greater or lear the fty ofthese sume sate te more
dined ate eles and practices which eis, and the les place
‘hey leave for individ! differences Tory te uniform melds
which all our deus and ations are formed. Consens
‘ben a erect ple; ll minds move in un, Conver
the mnt atacand letra etal of ond aed
Sought te more omsciur ection mat intervene fo apy
Shen parouar exc, But the ater canat awaken witiet
Ginetta fom one man to soother a
uty andl quote invaly len oie et. Cont
‘Cadets is ml othe expense of socal cobeson and
omy facts
‘On teeter had, strong and deine states ofthe conconce
cates are the bats of foal aw. ut we sal see tht the
Ser of tweety than Pevlonsy, and ta i ini
Sher propel arsoctis approach out sol ype Thus ts
theede
hs narrowed, for it may be that the region to which penal law
corresponds has contracted, and that the remainder, by contrast,
tates,
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is oi als parte seit ts
PASRET on Ge fie ied pees
Rha aster share eset ne
fepein t cecytneerah u
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is AN cs eae
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“This ls not to say, however, that the conscience collective i
ley to disappear compotaly. Rather it Increasingly comes to
const of very general and indeterminate waye of thought and
Sentiment, wick leaves oom open fora growing variety of ind
idual ferences. There is even a place wher #8 strengthenedfod made precise: this i, in the way tn which it regards the
Individual Ke al the oer bales andall ie oter precios take
ees slg cacao he
‘lject ofa sot of religion. We have a calt of personal dignity
wha wih every sng ul andy bs Heep
thos, we may say. common faith but it's posse eal by ts
ruin of allots and, consoquenty, cannot produce the me
ttcts s this mas of extingided Bc, Thelema coments,
tin for these. Moreover, ft is common insofar at
by th community, it i individ ints eject tors all wilt
towards tho same etd, this end e not soda Te thas occupier 4
completely exceptional place in the conscince collect Tes ll
fom soit at it take als fore ots not to soit that
attaches us it to ourselves. Hence, doesnot cotitte« War
Social bond, That is why we have ben fay able ert the
theorists who have mado this sentient the only fundamental
lement in thele moral doctrine with the ening dsoltin of
Society. We ean then conclude by saying that all oil ks whic
result rom ikenes progesivel aches
DTS, 124-6 and 146-7
[Written in review of Tonnes’ Cemeinichaft und Gesellchoft.]
"ie thathor hl that three wo alr ype of oy,
and the words which he user to designate them ladle Hot
nature fairy well tis pity hat they af untanslaal
ia common with hin, Gat Genetnachaft isthe opal peso”
tenon and Geach the od rt wih ders fem
Lastly agree withthe general ies of analy
of Gomelnachft which beh given ws.
The point over which I dverge f :
the theery of Geaellchaft. IF bgve properly understood is
thought, Cenelchof is supposeto be! characterised by pro.
festive development of indiptdalim, the dispersive coed of
Which can only be preveged for a timo, and by artieta means
"es seen essentially as mechantal
1s that remalos of truly collective ife is
aot from an internal spoatanety, but fom the
tints of the state In tort. is solely ch
Zoncelve of it. Now U believe thatthe life of large
leeerations is just as matral as that of small group
ies organic and no les lateral. Outside of these purely
dual actions there ia collective activity in our contemporary
im, however, concerns
romeen Uy memvenameus SUSY A
sels which jot mat astht ofthe smalr scl of
jong eral dierent cite tise pe,
et heever fret they may be, hrs nao diference nna
Between these to var ofthe sun gm In ores op
ths i would not boo, I can do o'mave than sae
Proponidon, Is ley, morbover, et ae exlatin f e
fet, scl, begat yb ona oly tom
sesh pr meno Te Sch aches bee hey
two modes of exitenee tat itis ponte tose how Sey od
fer pr oft se developed To respec enya
‘ttl wth tht of Bota ins way Singh opens
pps, We have to show: sity org
neon it stays sich the a sie
res i te
procedure followed by te autor dees
CE etn bene emp
Jett f ip work, Tenses devotes more fin tthe stent
Ena of concepts than tothe osetia of fat He proses
by eoncepad argent; wo fds He writing the dincons
aad symetealCaicans which are bacwed of Goosen
Kelas Th only wey tg avid wed kaon pore
inducted tha so sndy Ceviche trong te aw ote
sores with coneopond oan whch oe ste
RE, 18 pp 2-2
‘The condemnation of indiyfdualism has been facili
confusion with the narrowatitarianism and utilitarian egolsm of
Spencer and the economists. But this is very facile Tt is not hard,
tobe sue, to denounoyas a shallow ideal that narrow commercial
fm which reduces splety to nothing more than a vast apparatus
of production and edchange; and itis perfectly clear that el socal
contin?
fal soanseer
Iie woul be impbssbl if thre did not ext interests superior
to the interest of individuals. It whol comet that such
doctrines shoe teated as anarchical and we fly agree with
this view. Eye wist is onaccptble is that this Indlifeio
beet te ate rnb
ite heey, beconing Inrange sod ec
Sona he pac ploy ot Spat eA seh ea
s/he now ba arly soy suport As forthe coma,
Einu/even f thy one slowed temas tobe duced by th
(ay of ths hon they hae for along tne now fe he
te ody th seventy of tr pine rod snd to
ae ter mins to more onerous sbtinens Me tiaof the suuggl, abd concemed only with
feed, inthe end they no longer saw beyond i and am
Something of an ultimate goal what wat merely the
in their efor Now, politcal Sreadom Is a meas,
1k is worth no more tn the manner a when
it does wot serve something which exists beyoy@ is not
ney fr, bees dagen tow Sho handle
‘weapon do aot kaow how to ue tin produce struggles, the
‘illot be slow in furaing it against thedoely *
1s precy for heaton that i
certain seredt. Men of my generat
busi was when, twenty ears
toppling the last barirs which we Aapatentlycononted, Bat
alt digenchantinent came quicly/for we oon had to adit that
ho one knew what tse shold by’made ofthis feedom that had
iscen so labrtously achioved, ose to whom we owed it only
nade Use of it in ttemecié conficts "And A ws om thet
‘poment that ove ft the
hich became stronger with euch day
result of which mst inevitably be to
treat the spirit of thogleast able to esis
Thos, we can nofnger mdbsenbe to this negative idea. We
aust go beyond yhat has boen achieved, if ony to preserve I
Eee edo ar pat te ne fn hat
wwe have in oy/hands Iris inevitable that they wil become less
therefore se orem te cover what mest
in order to do it Tet ws ae them tn order to soften
the fanctining of the soca machine, til so hash fo niu
ut at thelr diporl all portble means for the fee
dtvelfrnet of thet facie inorder nally to progress towards
realty ofthe famoss prop fo cach acording to his
RB, 1808, p. 7-8 and 12-18,
Wie have seen thatthe organised structure, and thus the division
of labour, devel corey 1 the segmental structure
Sissons To eer tis dnapenrnce fig ease 9 he
Alevelopmeat, oF the development ir the ease of the Usappear.
nce. The Inter hypothesis is unacceptable, for we know chat
the segmental arangement fs an unsurmouatable cbstace to
the division of labour and mst atleast partally bave become
disolved for the division of labour to emerge, The latter can nly