The ten political writings of the French sociologist included in this anthology cover a wide spectrum of interventions in public and intellectual scene. His early reflection on "the great men in history" (1883), and his theories on "The State" (1900 to 1905 '?) And "State and Society in Russia" (1902), as well as his essay "Two criminal laws evolution (1899). In turn, a set of interventions appears around Socialism Durkheim. They are sharp his features in "On the definition of Socialism (1893)," Socialism and social science "(1897) and" The materialist conception of history "(1897), in addition to the report" Internationalism and class struggle "(1906) , which is distinguished sociologist of proletarian internationalism to argue for socialism reformist, gradualist and nationalist character. Finally, the period of the war, two documents prepared by Durkheim propaganda for the Ministry of Armaments occur, "Germany above all (the German mentality and war)" (1915), and "Report on the situation of Russian Department of the Seine "(1916). Reading these aspects of Durkheim's work demonstrates the full implementation of its sociological argument to political prose