Emile: or, On Education

The name Emil and its origin Emil being the stud he is in O’ Pioneers! With making Marie Confess her love for him (Cather 83). What I wanted to know if the name Emil resembled his personality. My curiosity to see if Cather wanted to describe Emil being intelligent, charming, masculine, and caring. Either it was an accident or Cather actually researched the name Emil and what the name means. I went to look up the origins of the name Emil and this is what I got. Throughout the novel O’ Pioneers! Emil is portrayed in the book as an educated man and played an instrument in college (Cather 30). He’s masculine when Cather described Emil mowing the cemetery with the scythe (Cather 30). Emil’s charm had Marie’s heart and he was romantic to make Marie…

Throughout Jean-Jacque Rousseau’s Emile, Rousseau explains in detail, his version of an ideal education. Rousseau’s educational methods of urging children to independently think through examples such as religion and science would be highly beneficial but his practice of withholding children from society would deem the child a stranger in modern society. In this paper, I will provide a brief overview of Rousseau’s methods above advocating children to think for themselves through science and…

Wollstonecraft. The Educations of Women hand in the sense of learning the sexual game of life (primarily for women). The second aspect of Wollstonecraft's response to Rousseau which I would like to say something about is a stylistic feature of her reaction, which I shall call "repetition", Of course, Rousseau's own views on women are repetitious. Even though cultural settings change, there are many elements in his view of women which have been repeated by men throughout history. But…

During his time in Paris, in 1750 there was an essay competition held by the academy of Dijon, and he sought the opportunity to take part. The topic of the was “Has the restoration of the arts and sciences contributed to the purifications of the morals.” (“Rousseau” 2014.) and this essay earned him considerable fame. In this essay, titled, “Discourse on the Arts and Sciences”, he argued that the progression of art and science had not benefited mankind, but rather the result of pride and…

political philosopher whose views on the prevailing corruption of society influenced the French Revolution and led Europe towards becoming Enlightened- this ultimately paved the way for the ideals of contemporary society. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF HISTORICAL FIGURE: Rousseau was a Genevan-born philosopher, composer and writer, and one of the most prominent thinkers during the Enlightenment in eighteenth century Europe. Rousseau’s ideological views were highly controversial and heavily criticised,…

Sociological perspectives are applied to different aspects of everyday life which include unemployment, violence, same-sex marriages, genetics, poverty, education, etc. One specific aspect that these sociological perspectives tackle is education. Education is a social aspect of life where people go to learning institution to receive instructions, and essentially learn. Functionalism, also known as structural functionalism was founded by Emile Durkheim in the mid twentieth century. The basis…

Émile Durkheim--born in 1858 and died in 1917. He was born in a small town, Épinal in France. His father was a rabbi and he was expected to become a rabbi himself. However, as many young adults do, he rebelled against the family traditions and chose not to follow the path towards becoming a rabbi, but to ultimately walk away from his faith in Judaism. In 1879, he was admitted to the École Normale Supérieure, which was a prominent school in it's time. He was for some time a professor at the…

Emile Durkheim, world renown French sociologist, has developed through his career the scientific study of social systems and phenomena in our world. The use of the scientific method to examine culture and society produced crucial differences with his predecessors or colleagues such as Herbert Spencer or Max Weber. Trying to know if society is something tangible or a social construct, Emile Durkheim wrote his famous book The Rules of Sociological Method (1895) that laid down the guidelines to…

model. He called for the women to remain at home while the men worked. One other peculiar philosophy of his is his view on religion. While he encourages freethinking and skepticism, he also believes a public religion that unites the people is necessary to maintain the health of the sovereign. Though Rousseau did make some remarks regarding the structure of a household, his primary focus on familial life was centered on the children and education. His primary piece of work on the matter is Emile,…

Karl Marx and Emile Durkheim: A Difference in Views Taylor Wetherholt SO 350 Dr. Ames December 10, 2014 Introduction This essay intends to compare and contrast the various beliefs of Marl Marx through a conflict perspective and Emile Durkheim’s functionalist perspective. It will comprise of a brief introduction of their lives and familiarize you with their accomplishments and major work contributions. Focusing majorly on both Marx and Durkheim’s views and ideas of Religion and the…