EDUCATION AND SOCIOLOGY

Emile Durkheim
EDUCATION AND SOCIOLOGY

TRANSLATED, AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY SHERWOOD D. FOX

FOREWORD BY TALCOTT PARSONS

The Free Press, Glencoe, Illinois

Copyright 1956 by The Free Press, A Corporation

CONTENTS
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION TO
THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION
INTRODUCTION TO THE
ORIGINAL EDITION
Emile Durkheim
EDUCATION AND SOCIOLOGY
CHAPTER I
EDUCATION: ITS NATURE AND ITS ROLE
1. Definitions of education. Critical examination.
2. Definition of education.
3. Consequences of the preceding definition: the social character of education.
4. The role of the State in education.
5. The power of education. The means of influence.
CHAPTER II
THE NATURE AND METHOD OF PEDAGOGY
CHAPTER III
PEDAGOGY AND SOCIOLOGY
CHAPTER IV
THE EVOLUTION AND THE ROLE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION IN FRANCE
APPENDIX
PEDAGOGICAL REFERENCES