Abstract
The text deals with different aspects of Durkheim's theory of socialization. It mainly focuses on Durkheim's understanding of a person and on his specific individualism, which is one of the central concepts of his theory of education.
The text addresses Durkheim's idea that every society is in the first place a fountain of moral life, and that every morality embraces a religious aspekt. 'Religious' in this context means a relation with the sacred, i.e. sacrosanct principles. The text explains Durkheim' theory of duality of human nature, its pedagogical aspects and the project of moral education which was intended as a supplement of authority of republican ideals of autonomy and individualism.
The aim of the study is not only historical but is conceived as a source of inspiration in contemporary thinking about educational theory.