Durkheim's Views

Durkheim found humanistic studies uninteresting, [blank] his attention from psychology and philosophy to ethics and eventually, sociology. He graduated with a degree in philosophy in 1882. Durkheim's views could not get him a major academic appointment in Paris, so from 1882 to 1887, he [blank] philosophy at several provincial schools. [blank] 1885 he left for Germany, where he studied sociology for two years. Durkheim's period in Germany resulted in the publication of numerous articles on German social science and philosophy, which [blank] recognition in France, earning him a teaching appointment at the University of Bordeaux in 1887.