My name is Emile Durkheim and I was the first French academic sociologist. I developed the methodology of combining empirical research with sociological theory. This is a brief introduction on my life, my work and what I brought to the field of sociology. My contributions have affected the social sciences to include; law, economics, linguistics, ethnology, art history, and history (Durkheim, 2006). Philosophy was the ruling social science in my time but through my work the …showed first 75 words of 1595 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1595 total…An Introduction to Four Major Works. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications. Retrieved Feb. 3, 2006, from http://ezproxy.umuc.edu/login?url=http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=13370875 Ramp, W. J. (2001). Durkheim and the Unthought: Some Dilemmas of Modernity. Canadian Journal of Sociology, 26(1), 89-89. Retrieved Feb. 4, 2006, from http://ezproxy.umuc.edu/login?url=http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=5006317