ABSTRACT
Thorough and wide-ranging examination of the science of morals, reviving and defending the tradition of a scientific approach to ethics. Engages with recent debates on modernism and morality, demonstrating the contemporary relevance of Durkheim's ideas. This book is intended for social and political theory, philosophy of science and Durkheimian studies within sociology, philosophy and politics.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |21 pages
Introduction: Durkheim's project
part I|115 pages
“America”
chapter Chapter One|21 pages
Developing a moral science
chapter Chapter Two|25 pages
Towards a new spirit of the laws
chapter Chapter Three|21 pages
The division of labour
chapter Chapter Four|22 pages
The organic self
chapter Chapter Five|21 pages
Modern ills and modern ideals
part II|111 pages
The kingdom and the republic