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The 75 pages that link to Émile Durkheim, each with the reason it gives.

• Social factBroader topic: He formulated social facts as sociology’s distinctive subject matter.

• Mary DouglasRelated: Douglas adapted Durkheimian questions about social order to the analysis of classification and pollution.

• SocietyRelated: Durkheim explained how shared beliefs and divisions of labor sustain social cohesion.

• Ziya GökalpRelated: Gökalp drew heavily on Durkheim while adapting sociology to Turkish nation-building.

• Ernest RenanRelated: Durkheim’s account of collective identity echoes questions Renan raised about nations and shared beliefs.

• SacrednessRelated: Durkheim treated the sacred-profane distinction as foundational to religious life.

• Théodore SimonCompared with: Durkheim’s social analysis contrasted with the individual measurement approach Simon pursued in psychology.

• Social theoryRelated: His work treats collective forces as realities that shape individual conduct.

• Sociological theoryRelated: His work made social cohesion and institutions central theoretical problems.

• Structure and agencyRelated: His emphasis on social constraint anchors one side of the debate.

• George C. HomansCompared with: Homans favored explanations grounded in individual behavior over Durkheimian collective properties.

• Human sacrificeRelated: His framework helps explain sacrificial rites as acts that reinforce social solidarity.

• The Rules of Sociological MethodBroader topic: He authored the book and developed its methodological program.

• Alfred Radcliffe-BrownRelated: Durkheim’s treatment of social facts and collective representations shaped Radcliffe-Brown’s theory.

• Ferdinand TönniesRelated: Durkheim’s account of solidarity offers a major parallel to Tönnies’s analysis of social bonds.

• Numa Denis Fustel de CoulangesRelated: Durkheim’s sociology offers a later framework for comparing Fustel’s account of religion and social cohesion.

• Peter BlauRelated: Durkheim’s concern with social structures beyond individuals parallels Blau’s central project.

• Evolutionary origin of religionRelated: His account of religion as a source of social solidarity influenced later evolutionary explanations.

• Frédéric Le PlayCompared with: Durkheim’s academic sociology differed from Le Play’s reform-minded household monographs.

• History of sociologyRelated: His methods and institutional work helped secure sociology’s place in universities.

• History of the social sciencesBroader topic: His methods helped secure sociology’s status as an academic discipline.

• Marx's Theory of AlienationCompared with: Durkheim's concept of anomie offers a distinct account of social disconnection and weakened norms.

• Ritual warfareRelated: His account of ritual as a source of social solidarity informs interpretations of collective combat.

• Theories about religionRelated: His theory explains religion through ritual, social solidarity, and the distinction between sacred and profane.

• TotemRelated: His theory treated totemic symbols as expressions of a group's collective life.