Emile Durkheim EDUCATION AND SOCIOLOGY TRANSLATED, AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY SHERWOOD D. FOX FOREWORD BY TALCOTT PARSONS The Free Press, Glencoe, Illinois Copyright 1956 by The Free Press, A Corporation CONTENTS FOREWORD INTRODUCTION TO THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION INTRODUCTION TO THE ORIGINAL EDITION Emile Durkheim EDUCATION AND SOCIOLOGY CHAPTER I EDUCATION: ITS NATURE AND ITS ROLE 1. Definitions of education. Critical examination. 2. Definition of education. 3. Consequences of the preceding definition: the social character of education. 4. The role of the State in education. 5. The power of education. The means of influence. CHAPTER II THE NATURE AND METHOD OF PEDAGOGY CHAPTER III PEDAGOGY AND SOCIOLOGY CHAPTER IV THE EVOLUTION AND THE ROLE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION IN FRANCE APPENDIX PEDAGOGICAL REFERENCES