... family, education and law (Slattery M, 1985). Emile Durkheim (1858-1917), also credited for his contribution to sociology was very much influenced by the writings and works of August Comte. Like Comte, he too was a teacher of philosophy. He wrote the first "Social Science" journal in France a few years later, which was published around 1898. Durkheim focused his theories on religion, suicide and other ... , argued sociology as a science in his "positive" philosophy. He believed in positive science and argued that in order to study society, certain methods of analysis should be used in co...

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