Sociology 2259 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Kingsley Davis, Natural Product, Laziness

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2259
• Professor: Pamela Cushing

Document Summary

Focuses on interrelaionships of parts of society with one another & society as a whole. * rules & rule enforcement are part of the processes that hold the social system together. Rules always related to one another to the system as a whole. The view of society: a smooth running machine. Deviance: occurs when something in that smooth running machine breaks down. Was viewed as a natural product of the social order and symptomaic of a problem that must be corrected. 3 main points of funcionalism: consensus, equilibrium, status quo. People are litle pieces of the machine, playing their own role in harmony. People are imminently perfect-able through the process of socializaion. Society"s job: to shape each person ater itself. Anomic suicide: normal response to a lack of moral regulaion. Durkheim: we need rules and regulaions they are part of the process that holds the social system together.