Emile Durkheim is important to sociology because.... (five minute sociology)

Emile Durkheim was the very first sociologist, but what exactly makes him important to the field of sociology? Today we'll spend five minutes explaining why Durkheim matters, including his work on social research methods. We'll talk about his creation of early sociological terms (anomie, social facts, mechanical solidarity, organic solidarity). We'll also talk about some of his early textbooks on social cohesion. So let's jump right into our conversation about sociologist Emile Durkheim!
0:00 I'm back!
0:40 So Durkheim was our first sociologist.
1:42 He also created some important early sociological ideas.
3:32 Durkheim got A's in all his methods classes
4:30 Durkheim remains central to sociology even today!

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Cover photo and photo in video of Durkheim: Photo under public domain (1918) on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89m...
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Mills: Photo under fair use license by https://www.thoughtco.com/c-wright-mi... on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Wrig...