The Coming Fin De Siècle An application of Durkheim's sociology to modernity and postmodernism

• Main Author: Mestrovic, Stjepan
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Routledge 1991; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Emile Durkheim
• Subjects: Contemporary Social Theory; Durkheimian school of sociology; Rationalism; Sociology & Social Policy; german; Unamuno; Superimposed; sociology; Human Suffering; romanticism; Internal Revenue Service; Mother Worship; Durkheim's Observations; Schopenhauer's Philosophy; action; Rational Social Action; rational; Baudelaire; schopenhauer's; Durkheim's Sociology; USA; Ransom Money; Economic Anomie; social; Schopenhauer's Critique; durkheim's; philosophy; Stock Market Crash; Previous Fin De; Female Goddesses; Mary's Apparitions; Previous Turn; Chronic; Durkheim's Critiques; Animal Kingdom; Choir Loft; time; Durkheim's Time; Boosterish Optimism
• ISBN: 0415567149; 9780415567145; 9780415853613; 0415853613; 9780415570466; 0415570468
• DOI: 10.4324/9780203858264

First Published in 1991, this book attempts to show the relevance of Durkheim's sociology to the debate on modernity and postmodernism. It does so by examining how Durkheim's ideas can be applied to current social issues. The author argues that there are striking parallels between the social context of the 1890s, when Durkheim began to publish in book form, and today. The book will appeal to the readers of sociology, as well as the related disciplines of philosophy, psychology, cultural studies and history. It is also intended for anyone interested in the issues and questions that were being raised as humanity approached the end of the twentieth century and the end of the millennium.