What Makes Sociology Different? (From the Rules of Sociological Method)

question 11

Multiple Choice

What Makes Sociology Different? (from The Rules of Sociological Method) ÉMILE DURKHEIM
-Émile Durkheim is:

• A) a former Catholic priest who became a sociologist after he retired from the priesthood
• B) the pseudonym of Helen Gable, a novelist who often writes about social problems
• C) a Spanish politician whose commentaries on Spanish TV have made him very popular
• D) a 19th-century French sociologist who was one of the pioneers of the sociological discipline

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