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9781783082384 1783082380 Emile Durkheim and the Collective Consciousness of Society: A Study in Criminology challenges conventional thinking on the use of Durkheim s key concept of the collective consciousness of society, and represents the first ever book-length treatment of this underexplored topic. Operating from both a criminological and sociological perspective, Kenneth Smith argues that Durkheim s original concept must be sensitively revised and updated for its real relevance to come to the fore. This study puts forward three major adjustments to Durkheim s concept of the collective consciousness. It complicates the idea that the common and collective consciousness are interchangeable terms for the same phenomenon; it refutes the disciplinary function of society as part of the concept of the common or collective consciousness; and it reveals the illusiveness of the supposed universal set of equally held ideas in a society, underlining the importance of geographical and generational variation.", This volume sets out to explore the use of Emile Durkheim's concept of the 'collective consciousness of society', and represents the first ever book-length treatment of this underexplored topic. Operating from both a criminological and sociological perspective, Kenneth Smith argues that Durkheim's original concept must be sensitively revised and suitably updated for its real relevance to come to the fore. Major adjustments to Durkheim's concept of the collective consciousness include Smith's compelling arguments that the model does not apply to everyone equally, and that Durkheim's concept does not in any way rely on what might be called the disciplinary functions of society., This volume sets out to explore the use of Émile Durkheim's concept of the 'collective consciousness of society', and represents the first ever book-length treatment of this underexplored topic. Operating from both a criminological and sociological perspective, Kenneth Smith argues that Durkheim's original concept must be sensitively revised and suitably updated for its real relevance to come to the fore. Major adjustments to Durkheim's concept of the collective consciousness include Smith's compelling arguments that the model does not apply to everyone equally, and that Durkheim's concept does not in any way rely on what might be called the disciplinary functions of society., Together with the concept of 'social facts', the 'collective consciousness of society' is thought of as one of the key concepts in the sociology of Emile Durkheim, widely regarded as one of the founders of modern sociology. Yet, outside of the sociology of crime, the concept is little used within sociology and, even within criminology, seems only partially understood. English-speaking criminologists cannot even agree how the French term 'conscience collective' is to be translated into English. 'Emile Durkheim and the Collective Consciousness of Society' sets out to address this question and many others connected with the use of the concept in criminology and throughout sociology. Smith argues that Durkheim's original concept must be sensitively revised and suitably updated for its real relevance to come to the fore. Major adjustments to Durkheim's concept of the collective consciousness include Smith's compelling arguments that the model does not apply to everyone equally (we are not all equally incorporated into the collective consciousness), and that Durkheim's concept does not in any way rely on what might be called the disciplinary functions of society.
9781783082384 1783082380 Emile Durkheim and the Collective Consciousness of Society: A Study in Criminology challenges conventional thinking on the use of Durkheim s key concept of the collective consciousness of society, and represents the first ever book-length treatment of this underexplored topic. Operating from both a criminological and sociological perspective, Kenneth Smith argues that Durkheim s original concept must be sensitively revised and updated for its real relevance to come to the fore. This study puts forward three major adjustments to Durkheim s concept of the collective consciousness. It complicates the idea that the common and collective consciousness are interchangeable terms for the same phenomenon; it refutes the disciplinary function of society as part of the concept of the common or collective consciousness; and it reveals the illusiveness of the supposed universal set of equally held ideas in a society, underlining the importance of geographical and generational variation.", This volume sets out to explore the use of Emile Durkheim's concept of the 'collective consciousness of society', and represents the first ever book-length treatment of this underexplored topic. Operating from both a criminological and sociological perspective, Kenneth Smith argues that Durkheim's original concept must be sensitively revised and suitably updated for its real relevance to come to the fore. Major adjustments to Durkheim's concept of the collective consciousness include Smith's compelling arguments that the model does not apply to everyone equally, and that Durkheim's concept does not in any way rely on what might be called the disciplinary functions of society., This volume sets out to explore the use of Émile Durkheim's concept of the 'collective consciousness of society', and represents the first ever book-length treatment of this underexplored topic. Operating from both a criminological and sociological perspective, Kenneth Smith argues that Durkheim's original concept must be sensitively revised and suitably updated for its real relevance to come to the fore. Major adjustments to Durkheim's concept of the collective consciousness include Smith's compelling arguments that the model does not apply to everyone equally, and that Durkheim's concept does not in any way rely on what might be called the disciplinary functions of society., Together with the concept of 'social facts', the 'collective consciousness of society' is thought of as one of the key concepts in the sociology of Emile Durkheim, widely regarded as one of the founders of modern sociology. Yet, outside of the sociology of crime, the concept is little used within sociology and, even within criminology, seems only partially understood. English-speaking criminologists cannot even agree how the French term 'conscience collective' is to be translated into English. 'Emile Durkheim and the Collective Consciousness of Society' sets out to address this question and many others connected with the use of the concept in criminology and throughout sociology. Smith argues that Durkheim's original concept must be sensitively revised and suitably updated for its real relevance to come to the fore. Major adjustments to Durkheim's concept of the collective consciousness include Smith's compelling arguments that the model does not apply to everyone equally (we are not all equally incorporated into the collective consciousness), and that Durkheim's concept does not in any way rely on what might be called the disciplinary functions of society.