Description: Through a collection of lectures, Everett K. Wilson translates and comments on Emile Durkheim's theories and application of the sociology of education.A transcription of eighteen lectures given by Emile Durkheim on evaluating school as an appropriate setting for moral education. A pioneer in of sociology, Durkheim explains the first elements of fostering morality as the development of a sense of discipline, following by a willingness to behave in accordance with collective interest and a sense of autonomy.
Brief description: Emile Durkheim (18581917) was a French sociologist who formally established the academic discipline and, with Karl Marx and Max Weber, is commonly cited as the principal architect of modern social science.