1. What does the concept of anomie mean? How does it relate to specific forms of the division of labor?
2. Why is anomie a problem?
3. What is Durkheim's solution to the problem of anomie?
4. In light of Durkheim's theoretical analysis of the genesis or origins of religion, is a society without religion a historical possibility?
5. What are some of the functions of religion Durkheim considers important?
6. What is the sociological significance of collective behavior?
7. What are the causes of secularisation and rationalization?
8. Develop as fully as possible, given what you have learned so far about Durkheim's sociological theories, the implication of this statement: "Religions are the primitive ways in which societies become conscious of themselves and their history." (p.250)
9. From the excerpts on Durkheim's sociology of knowledge identify at least three contributions which, in your view, are important to understand the relationship between society (understood in Durkheimian terms) and knowledge.