{"product_id":"the-division-of-labor-in-society-9781476749730","title":"The Division of Labor in Society","description":"\u003cb\u003eRevised for the first time in over thirty years, this edition of Emile Durkheim's masterful work on the nature and scope of sociology is updated with a new introduction and improved translation by leading scholar Steven Lukes that puts Durkheim's work into context for the twenty-first century reader.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen it was originally published, \u003ci\u003eThe Division of Labor in Society\u003c\/i\u003e was an entirely original work on the nature of labor and production as they were being shaped by the industrial revolution. Emile Durkheim's seminal work\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003estudies the nature of social solidarity and explores the ties that bind one person to the next in order to hold society together. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis revised and updated second edition fluently conveys Durkheim's arguments for contemporary readers. Leading Durkheim scholar Steve Lukes's new introduction builds upon Lewis Coser's original--which places the work in its intellectual and historical context and pinpoints its central ideas and arguments. Lukes explains the text's continued significance as a tool to think about and deal with problems that face us today. The original translation has been revised and reworked in order to make Durkheim's arguments clearer and easier to read. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Division of Labor in Society\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential resource for students and scholars hoping to deepen their understanding of one of the pioneering voices in modern sociology and twentieth-century social thought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmile Durkheim (1858-1917) was a French sociologist who formally established the academic discipline and, with Karl Marx and Max Weber, is commonly cited as the principal architect of modern social science. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSteve Lukes\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis a professor of sociology at New York University. An emeritus Fellow of the British Academy and an editor of the \u003ci\u003eEuropean Journal of Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e, he is the author of \u003ci\u003eEmile Durkheim: His Life and Work\u003c\/i\u003e and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eMoral Relativism\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Free Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50630023512338,"sku":"9781476749730","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2654306e-529d-4553-ba80-5f1ec668a833.jpg?v=1732740975","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-division-of-labor-in-society-9781476749730","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}