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In what respects do you think Weber’s conception of sociology differs from that of Durkheim? Which one of the two is more satisfactory? Substantiate your answer.
- UPSC 1988
- Sociological Thinkers
Émile Durkheim and Max Weber both built sociology as a disciplined, causal science, independent of philosophy and psychology. They began, however, from opposite ends. For Durkheim, sociology studies social facts that stand outside and above individuals (The Rules of Sociological Method, 1895). For Weber, it is a science concerning itself with the interpretive understanding of…
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