SOC 1 Lecture Notes - Bourgeoisie, Mechanical And Organic Solidarity, Symbolic Interactionism
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Information societies, sometimes known as postindustrial or digital societies, are a recent development: unlike industrial societies that are rooted in the production of material goods, information societies are based on the production of information and services. In industrial societies, mechanical solidarity is replaced with organic solidarity, which is social order based around an acceptance of economic and social differences. In capitalist societies, durkheim wrote, division of labor becomes so specialized that everyone is doing different things. Karl marx and conflict theory: marx saw conflict in society as the primary means of change. Economically, he saw conflict existing between the owners of the means of production the bourgeoisie and the laborers, called the proletariat. Alienation: alienation refers to the condition in which the individual is isolated and divorced from his or her society, work, or the sense of self, marx defined four specific types of alienation. Alienation from the product of one"s labor. Alienation from the process of one"s labor.
