The Political Durkheim (Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought)

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This book presents Durkheim as an important political sociologist, inspired by and advocating socialism. Through a series of studies, it argues that Durkheim’s normative vision, which can be called libertarian socialism, shaped his sociological critique and search for alternatives. With attention to the value of this political sociology as a means of understanding our contemporary world, the author asks us to look again at Durkheim. While Durkheim’s legacy has often emphasised the supposed conservative elements and stability advocated in his thought, we can point to a different legacy, one of a radical sociology. In dialogue with the decolonial critique, this volume also asks ‘was Durkheim white?’ and in doing so shows how, as a Jew, he experienced significant racialisation in his lifetime. A new reading and a vital image of a ‘political Durkheim’, The Political Durkheim will appeal to scholars and students with interests in Durkheim, social theory and political sociology. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Contents Acknowledgements Introduction: In Defence of the Political Durkheim The Structure of the Book: Defending the Political Durkheim Reading Durkheim Today Part I: Socialism 1. Durkheim's Alternative: Curing the Malaise Durkheim's Rules of Sociological Method and Critique Durkheim's Critique: The 'Malaise' Moral Malaise Economic Malaise Political Malaise Durkheim's Alternatives The Corporations Banning Inheritance Moral Education Conclusion 2. Individualism Through Association: The Libertarian Socialism of Émile Durkheim and G.D.H. Cole Durkheim and Socialism: Three Questions Guild Socialism, Libertarianism and G.D.H. Cole A Dialogue Between Durkheim and Cole Excursus: Cole and Durkheim on Rousseau The Shared Libertarian Socialism of Durkheim and Cole Individualism Guilds/Corporation Democracy as Communication State/Commune The End Goal: Individualism Through Association Conclusion 3. 'An Army of Civil Servants': Max Weber and Émile Durkheim on Socialism Weber on Socialism Durkheim on Socialism Commonalities and Differences Explanation for the Differences Socialism and the Sociologist Conclusion Part II: Politics 4. Our COVID Malaise: The Failed Mission of Justice, Pseudo-Democracy and a Politics of the Future after the Pandemic The Division of Labour in COVID Society A 'Mission of Justice': Key Workers, Mutual Aid and the Post-COVID Settlement Partygate: Pseudo-Democracy and the Failure of Collective Representation 'Getting Back to Normal'? The Politics of the Future After COVID Conclusion: Durkheimian Lessons for a Post-COVID Society 5. Social Solidarity, Penal Evolution and Probation (with Fergus McNeill) Punishment and Social Solidarity Penal Evolution Probation, Solidarity and Penal Evolution Conclusion 6. 'An Apotheosis of Well-Being': Durkheim on Austerity and Double-Dip Recessions Durkheim and the Credit Crunch Durkheim on the Age of Austerity Conclusion: Durkheim's Way out of Crisis Part III: Legacies 7. A Salute to the Exegetical Giddens: Durkheim Scholar Durkheim Before Giddens Giddens on Durkheim's Political Sociology Durkheim, Book Reviews and Academia Conclusion: The Legacy of the Exegetical Giddens 8. Morality as Rebellion: Towards a Partial Reconciliation of Bauman and Durkheim Bauman's Sociology of Morality: Turning Durkheim on His Head Durkheim's Sociology of Morality: Socialising Actors to Be Moral Agents Morality as Rebellion: Saying No in Order to Invoke a Higher Morality Conclusion: Morality and the Oversocialised Conception of Individuals 9. The Elementary Forms of Sociological Knowledge: Durkheim in British Sociology Textbooks The Sociology of Sociology Textbooks Methodology The Two Forms of the Two Durkheims A 'New' Durkheim? The Presentation of Durkheim's Work One of These Things Is Not Like the Other Two: The Representation of Durkheim's Politics Conclusion: Would a Textbook Reader Read Durkheim? Postscript: Was Durkheim White? Anti-Semitism and the Dangers of Binary Racialised Readings of the Canon Durkheim and Judaism: An Enigmatic Question French Jewry: Assimilation and Its Discontents Durkheim Viewed as Jewish: The 'Grand Priest' of a 'Jewish Science' Looking Back on Durkheim Notes Introduction Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Postscript References Index