1st Edition
Deconstructing Durkheim A Post-Post Structuralist Critique
By Jennifer M. Lehmann
Copyright 1993
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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The author analyzes Durkheim's social theory from the standpoint of critical structuralism. She explores Durkheim's discussion of the relationship between the individual and society. She also addresses the question of Durkheim's understanding of the relationship between the subject and object of knowledge, and the relationship between truth and ideology.
Introduction Part I: Durkheim's Social Ontology 1. The `Structure' of Individuals 2. The Social Determination of `Individuals' 3. The Individualism of Durkheim Part II: 4. Ideology and Truth: Individual and Collective Knowledge 5. Collective Ideology 6. Collective Truth
Biography
Jennifer M. Lehmann is Professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
`Jennifer Lehmann's analysis is both original and challenging.'-Contemporary Sociology
