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Moral education for the elite of democracy: The classe de philosophie between sociology and philosophy
Author(s) -
Barberis Daniela S.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of the history of the behavioral sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.216
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1520-6696
pISSN - 0022-5061
DOI - 10.1002/jhbs.10080
Subject(s) - elite , sociology , democracy , social science , epistemology , law , philosophy , political science , politics
Abstract In this article, I address the issues at stake in the relationship between sociology and philosophy in the second half of the nineteenth century by focusing on a debate between two parties: Émile Durkheim, who was attempting to found an independent scientific sociology, and the editors and collaborators of the Revue de métaphysique et de morale (RMM) , one of the central philosophical journals of the period. This debate focused on the role of philosophy in secondary school education, but at its heart, this was a struggle between two disciplines over which ought to direct the formation of good citizens for Third Republic France. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.