The Institution and the Symbol. Rethinking Social Practices through Durkheim’s Sociology

The Institution and the Symbol. Rethinking Social Practices through Durkheim’s Sociology

This article studies the Émile Durkheim’s definition of the institution as a way of thinking and acting that the individual finds pre-established. The criterion of pre-establishment is questioned here and distanciated from the interpretation that Georges Gurvitch proposed, which identifies it with...

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Main Author: Mélanie Plouviez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associazione Culturale Humana.Mente 2022-08-01
Series:Humana.Mente: Journal of Philosophical Studies
Subjects:
the institution, the pre-established, the symbol, social practices, Émile Durkheim, Marcel Mauss, Paul Fauconnet, Georges Gurvitch
Online Access:https://www.humanamente.eu/index.php/HM/article/view/390

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https://www.humanamente.eu/index.php/HM/article/view/390

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