Emile Durkheim There have been many people that have contribution to sociology, Emile Durkheim was one of these people. His theories made great and big changes, which brought many controversies into sociology. He used scientific methods to approach the study of society and social groups (Dickey, est. al; 1876; 394). Emile Durkheim was a French social scientist and a founder of sociology who is known for his study of social values and alienation. He believed that individuals are products of complex social force and cannot be taken into account outside of the context of the society in which they live. He used the conception of th