Answer to Question #248006 in Sociology for Holi

Question

Briefly acquaint yourself with the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry about Émile Durkheim.

Afterward, read a couple of pages from The Elementary Forms of Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

Answer 1

Émile Durkheim loved the teaching profession and was highly determined that he would join the teaching profession one day instead of being a cleric like his family proposed. He was a superior student at Épinal School until the age of 18 years. He later moved to Paris and joined the Elysées to help him join the Higher Teachers' School, a top choice for the France academic students. Émile passed a choice in the prelude, and the school that he joined was the center of thought at that time. He possessed a great belief in religion and education. According to Émile, it is through education that one would understand the religion being followed. According to his theorist, religion involves the various practices that are undertaken by the society. Émile started his career in sociology in a period when the French educational system was experiencing expansion and modernization