KnowraSocial factLinked fromLinked fromThe 7 pages that link to Social fact, each with the reason it gives.All 7Broader topic 3Related 1Narrower topic 1Compared with 2Émile DurkheimBroader topic: Durkheim treated social facts as sociology’s proper objects of study.Legal positivismRelated: Positivists ground legal validity in social facts about how officials make and recognize rules.Methodological individualismCompared with: Holist accounts often treat such facts as causes rather than outcomes to be reduced.Marcel MaussNarrower topic: Mauss applied this Durkheimian idea to exchanges and bodily habits that appear personal.Thomas theoremCompared with: Social facts emphasize external constraint, while the theorem foregrounds actors’ definitions of situations.The Rules of Sociological MethodBroader topic: The book’s central object of study, defined by its externality and constraint.History of sociologyBroader topic: They exemplify Durkheim’s claim that society can be studied as a reality in its own right.