{"id":26,"date":"2020-01-02T18:56:25","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T18:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/?p=26"},"modified":"2020-01-03T05:13:09","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T05:13:09","slug":"seth-abrutyn-on-emile-durkheim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/2020\/01\/02\/seth-abrutyn-on-emile-durkheim\/","title":{"rendered":"Seth Abrutyn on \u00c9mile Durkheim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode we are joined by <a href=\"https:\/\/sethabrutyn.wordpress.com\/\">Seth Abrutyn<\/a>, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of British Columbia. Abrutyn joins us to speak about his initial encounters with the writings of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%89mile_Durkheim\">Emile Durkheim<\/a> and how his current research on suicide was both inspired by and offers important correctives to Durkheim\u2019s famous work. Abrutyn also reflects on whether as a discipline we are guilty of deifying the classic theorists and whether the social theory syllabus is in need of a dramatic re-working.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2020\/01\/GTAC-flattened.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2020\/01\/GTAC-flattened-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2020\/01\/GTAC-flattened-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2020\/01\/GTAC-flattened-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2020\/01\/GTAC-flattened-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2020\/01\/GTAC-flattened-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2020\/01\/GTAC-flattened-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2020\/01\/GTAC-flattened-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1302\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-26-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GTaC4_Abrutyn_on_Durkheim.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GTaC4_Abrutyn_on_Durkheim.mp3\">http:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GTaC4_Abrutyn_on_Durkheim.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GTaC4_Abrutyn_on_Durkheim.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/?powerpress_pinw=26-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GTaC4_Abrutyn_on_Durkheim.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"GTaC4_Abrutyn_on_Durkheim.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode we are joined by Seth Abrutyn, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of British Columbia. Abrutyn joins us to speak about his initial encounters with the writings of Emile Durkheim and how his current research on suicide was both inspired by and offers important correctives to Durkheim\u2019s famous work. 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