Éducation morale et ordre moral : la pérennité d'une sociologie durkheimienne

Larry Portis, Moral Education and Moral Order : The Political Uses of Durkheimian Sociology Because Durkheim 's sociology avoided any utopian project for society and tended to contribute to the maintenance of existing institutions and social relationships, education and the formation of moral consciousness are central to it. The force of durkheimian sociology lies in its capacity to give the impression of contributing to social reform while avoiding any radical critique of the structure or dynamic of existing society. The vocabulary and concepts proper to this sociology allow scholars and journalists to describe the symptoms of social dysfuction without explaining the causes. This integrationist sociology performs, thusly, an ideological function.Portis Larry. Éducation morale et ordre moral : la pérennité d'une sociologie durkheimienne. In: L'Homme et la société, N. 131, 1999. Politique des sciences sociales. pp. 9-22