# Social Laws, Part 9

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/social-laws-part-9>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** April 26, 2017

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George H. Smith explores some features of social holism, as explained and defended by Emile Durkheim.

[Originally published in essay form on September 26, 2014.](https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/social-laws-part-9)

_Narrated by Daniel Hyland._