Emile Durkheim (1858–1917) - French sociologist and philosopher, professor at the universities of Bordeaux and Sorbonne, founder of the French sociological school, one of the founders of sociology as an independent science. This book, first published back in 1895, is its author’s manifesto on a new science for that time - sociology. The “Rules of Sociological Method” remain relevant and debated to this day. According to Durkheim, sociologists, without prejudice and prejudice, should study social facts as real, objective phenomena, using the strictly scientific method used in the natural sciences. The publishing layout is saved in PDF A4 format.