Pragmatism and Sociology

Author: émile Durkheim
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: This book is part of the "Pocket Classics" series within the "21st Century Human Culture Series." The original French text was compiled from Durkheim's lecture notes delivered at the Sorbonne in France between 1913 and 1914. The primary reason for choosing the topic of "Pragmatism" for discussion was that "at the time, pragmatism had almost become the sole prevailing theory of truth, had shown a withering effect on the Western philosophical tradition, and had also demonstrated close affinities with sociological thought." Therefore, the author is committed to providing a fair and balanced evaluation or critique of pragmatism, as well as clarifying the relationship between pragmatism and sociology. The publication of this Chinese translation aims to allow readers, through the translator's exquisite writing, to glimpse the inherent tension in Durkheim's thought.