title: Durkheim’s Impact on Social Theory: Context, Cooperation, Collectives
abstract: Sociology has a canon, and critiques have been leveled at this canon. This paper addresses both the critiques of the canon and its continuance by analyzing the lineage of classical social theory from Émile Durkheim to contemporary studies. While Durkheim’s impacts on social theory are numerous, this paper focuses in particular on his impact in understanding three categories of social phenomena: context, cooperation, and collectives. The alliteration of these three categories can serve as a mnemo