oui je mens je l'ai pas lu mais j'ai lu une fiche de Félicité

Here Durkheim sees to establish sociology as a science that studies 1Esocial facts 1D. He argues the very naturalistic concept of viewing social facts as things, which can be subjected to rules, just as in natural sciences
1EA social fact is every way of acting, fixed or not, capable of exercising on the individual an external constraint; or again, every way of acting which is general throughout a given society, while at the same time existing in its own right independent of its individual manifestations 1D
Such social facts are thus external and coercive. There are two types: normal and pathological. For example, he does not define crime as pathological, because a certain amount of crime is essential and natural to society, it only becomes pathological when there is too much or too little of it. The forth chapter deals with the correct categorization and definition of facts. It must be done according to their segments, they way they are composed of bits. He is arguing against Comte 19s historical method and for a comparative method, stating that 1Eone particular effect has always the same cause 1D. Lastly, he summarizes the general characteristics of such a method to three: the independence from any philosophy, its objectivity, and its sociological character. Thus sociology is more autonomous and more legitimate.

*college related*

Another read for my sociology class

Me alegra que esta haya sido la primera lectura académica del año, porque amo este libro.