SOCI 225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mechanical And Organic Solidarity, Experimental Film

• School: Concordia University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 225
• Professor: Stephen Monteiro

Document Summary

A change in one part will causes changes in associated parts until equilibrium is restored. Emile durkheim, theorist of functionalism, attempts to explain modern society. Sees two types of solidarity guiding societies: (cid:862)bi(cid:374)ds the i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual dire(cid:272)tl(cid:455) to so(cid:272)iet(cid:455) (cid:449)ithout a(cid:374) i(cid:374)ter(cid:373)ediar(cid:455)(cid:863) , mechanical solidarity, (cid:862)the i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual depe(cid:374)ds upo(cid:374) so(cid:272)iet(cid:455), (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause he depe(cid:374)ds o(cid:374) the parts of (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h it is (cid:272)o(cid:373)posed(cid:863) organic solidarity. Mechanical solidarity (cid:862)totalit(cid:455) of (cid:271)eliefs a(cid:374)d se(cid:374)ti(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts are (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) to all(cid:863) Little difference between people in thinking or behavior. All do same things, believe same things. Almost no difference between individual and collective beliefs. Limited (or no) contact with other societies. People i(cid:374) this so(cid:272)iet(cid:455) (cid:862)ha(cid:448)e (cid:374)o a(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s of their o(cid:449)(cid:374)(cid:863) Heterogeneity: gender differences between people in roles, beliefs. People do different things and have different beliefs. Differences emerge between individual and collective beliefs = greater sense of choice/agency. Each organ of body contributes in special essential way to health of whole.