Books by Mike (Loughborough University Gane

Offers an appraisal of Durkheim's method that argues that fundamental errors have been made in interpreting Durkheim. This book also argues that to understand 'The Rules' it is necessary also to understand the context of the French society. It establishes the real and unsuspected complexity of Durkheim's position.

Auguste Comte is acknowledged as the founder of the science of sociology and the 'Religion of Humanity'. This work examines his sociological vision and shows that because he thought sociology should be reflexive, encyclopaedic and utopian, he considered topics: fetishism, polytheism, and the relations between sociology, science, and culture.