Interview by Gregor Fitzi and Nicola Marcucci with Hans Joas on the reception of Émile Durkheim in Germany. Berlin: Humboldt University of Berlin, 6 October 2014. (November 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fitzi, Gregor; Joas, Hans; Marcucci, Nicola
• Other Names: Fitzi Gregor guest-editor.; Marcucci Nicola guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Journal of classical sociology. Volume 17:Number 4(2017)
• Page Start: 382
• Page End: 398
• Publication Date: 2017-11
• Subjects: Durkheim -- human rights -- modernity; Sociology -- History -- 20th century -- Periodicals; Sociology -- History -- 19th century -- Periodicals; 301.05
• DOI: 10.1177/1468795X17736131
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1468-795X

Abstract

The interview offers a reconstruction of the German reception of Durkheim since the middle of the 1970s. Hans Joas, who was one of its major protagonists, discusses the backdrop that finally permitted a scholarly examination of Durkheim's sociology in Germany. Focussing on his personal reception Joas then gives an account of the Durkheimian themes that inspire his work.