Which Sociologist do you believe made the largest contribution to the field of sociology? Why?

Emile Durkheim

Explanation:

Emile Durkheim’s major contribution to society was his thinking about how society is held together. Earlier thinkers had realized that there had to be something holding society together, but Durkheim was the first to study this phenomenon carefully. Durkheim argued that there were two different kinds of solidarity among people in a society.

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