Page 149 - Wholeness

The whole is a natural phenomenon and as such it poses no
threat to anyone. The present social development and social

relationships are stuck in a dead-end and it can be delivered only
by creating the whole. Each person pursues happiness, joy,

serenity, cheerfulness and well-being in their life and only the

whole will provide it.

Nowadays, there is a great variety of traditions. People want to

make progress and traditions will pose a great challenge. The
approach to traditions in the whole will be rational. The positive

ones will be accepted, but those that will be considered worthless

and insignificant will be abandoned in order to attain a better life.

Émile Durkheim (1858-1917) was a French philosopher who

analyzed society and came to the conclusion that the various
parts of the society need to be integrated into an effective whole.

Durkheim goal was among the first philosophers who wanted to

establish sociology as a new academic discipline. According to
him, all the elements of a society, including morality and religion,

are a product of history. Since they are part of the natural world
and not transcendental, they can be scientifically studied.

Durkheim sees sociology as a science of the origin and

functioning of social institutions.

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