Emile Durkheim emphasized that social patterns
A)are in the mind of the individual.
B)are insignificant compared with individual will.
C)are important but short-lived.
D)are forces that control the individual.

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Emile Durkheim believed that social patterns were forces that control the individual. He argued that these patterns had an objective existence and could not be reduced to individual will or interpretation.

Emile Durkheim Emphasized That Social Patterns