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Emile Durkheim worked hard to establish Sociology as a science, a science of morals. But what exactly is sociology, as a science, all about? How different is it from political science, anthropology, psychology?

Sociology is a discipline that tries to make sense of society. But what is society? Society is a generic ...

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