Durkheim Is Dead!: Sherlock Holmes Is Introduced to Sociological Theory

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Summary: Teaching the reader about social science
Review: Durkheim Is Dead is a unique introduction to theories of sociology, as it presents the theories of W. E. B. Du Bois, Sigmund Freud, Vladimir Lenin, Beatrice Webb, and others in the unique format of a Sherlock Holmes mystery novel. Tracking Holmes and Watson as their latest case brings them to a 1910 conference in London on the new science of sociology, Holmes and Watson learn the theories and lives directly from the individuals who have proposed them in the workings of history. Durkheim Is Dead is a unique, original, entertaining, and educationally impressive means of teaching the reader about social science -- and will prove fascinating reading to all Sherlock Holmes mystery enthusiasts.