Emile Durkheim

David Émile Durkheim (ɡān) (French: David Émile Durkheim; April 15, 1858 - November 15, 1917), also translated as Durkheim, Durkheim, etc., was a French-Jewish sociologist and anthropologist. Together with Karl Marx and Max Weber, he was listed as the three founders of modern social science. He was the founder of the "Annals of Sociology" and the first professor of sociology in France. Durkheim's main thoughts are concentrated in four masterpieces: "The Division of Labor in Society" (1893), "The Criterion of Sociological Method" (1895), "On Suicide" (1897), and "The Basic Forms of Religious Life" (1912). These are now considered foundational works in the discipline of sociology. As a pioneer of modern sociology, Durkheim published a large number of papers and monographs on education, religion, suicide, law and crime throughout his life, laying a solid foundation for the academic and scientific development of sociology and making a huge contribution to establishing sociology as an independent discipline.