Emile Durkheim on the Family/

Chapter 1: Introduction
The Invisibility of Durkheim's Sociology of the Family
Durkheim's Interest in the Family
Durkheim's Life and Career
Social Origins
Education
Academic Career
Durkheim's “Beau Mariage”
Sociology Established
The Année School
Intellectual Protagonists
Father and Mentor: Death from a Broken Heart
Conclusion: A Life Both Marginal and Mainstream
The Times
The Third Republic and Its Challengers
Law Reform in France
Durkheim on the Family
Purpose and Organization of the Book
New Durkheimian Themes
Chapter 2: The Origins and Evolution of the Family
Science and the Study of Society
The Evolutionary Debates
An Evolutionary Theory of the Family
The Nature of the Family
Stages of Evolution of the Family
Prime Mover: The Engine of Family Change
The End of Evolution?
Commentary and Critique
As Evolutionary Theories Go …
Durkheim and Twentieth-Century Family Theory
The Merits of the Master
Conclusion
Chapter 3: Studying the Family
The Science of Sociology
The Comparative Method
Ethnography
History
Law
The Family of the Civil Code
Family Practices, Custom, and Law
Moral Statistics
Commentary and Critique
Chapter 4: The Family System: Kin, Conjugal Family, and the State
Elements of the Family System
Mapping the System
Gender
The Changing Family System
Kinship
Zones of Kinship
Family Communism
Fictive Kinship
The Politics of Kinship
The State
The Conjugal Family
Husbands and Wives
Parents and Children
Siblings
The Lens of Later Times
Centrality of the Couple
The Decline of Kinship
The Family Economy in Law
Property and Persons
Family in Law and Family in Fact
Theoretical Affinities
Durkheim and Parsons
Systems Theory
Conclusion
Chapter 5: The Interior of the Family
Solidarity
Domesticity
Affectivity
Gender
The Familial Division of Labor
Exchange Theory
Conflict Theory
Socialization
Family, School, and State as Agents of Socialization
Discipline and Autonomy
Internalization
Individuality
Solidarity Again
Subject to Debate
Solidarity
Exchange
Socialization
The Future of the Family
Conclusion
Chapter 6: Family Problems, Public Policy, and Social Justice
Durkheim on Family Policy
Sociologists in Action
Viewpoints on Policy
Turn-of-the-Twentieth-Century Family Problems
Divorce
Cohabitation and Nonmarital Births
Free Union
Fertility and Household Size
Equality and Social Justice
Family Policy and Social Values
Science, Morality, and Policy
Family Policy Issues Today
Conclusion
Chapter 7: Women and Sex: Challenges to the Family Order
Introduction
Feminism in France
Durkheim's Venues
Durkheim and Marianne Weber
A Contradictory Theory of Gender
The Facts, Just the Facts
The Equality Principle and the Privileged Woman
Family Unity and Female Autonomy
Structural Differentiation
Biological Difference or Social Construction?
Cultural Leadership: Contradictions Resolved?
This Will Pass
In Sum: Solidarity, Equality, and the Division of Labor
The Late-Twentieth-Century Debate about Durkheim
Critical Perspectives
Dimensions of Gender
Was Durkheim Antifeminist?
Durkheim's Gender Theory in Our Time
Women's Equality
Domesticity and Gender Roles
Social Control of Men
Men's Roles in the Family
Sexuality and Sexual Relations
Sex and Society
Sex, Passion, and Marriage
Sex and Creativity
Sex, Science, and Morality
Sex and Gender
Sexual Orientation
Conclusion
Chapter 8: Conclusion
Why Read Durkheim?
Inattention to Durkheim's Sociology of the Family—Why?
Historicism and Systematics
Summary of Chapters
Durkheim's Contributions
A Sociology of the Family
A Science of Society
A Normative Model of the Family
Evolutionary Theory and Social Change
Structure-Functional Theory
Exchange and Conflict Theories
The Conjugal Family
Family Law and Policy
The Future of the Family
What Durkheim Didn't Do
Kinship Relations and Mutual Aid
Mate Selection, Marital Adjustment, and the Family Life Cycle
Socialization
Social Psychology of Family Life
Family and Economy
Sociocultural Diversity in Family Life
A Broader Look
The Sociology of the Family and Durkheim's Other Work
The Value of Durkheim's Sociology
Strengths and Weaknesses
Dilemmas of Existence
Conclusion