SOCI 1127 Lecture Notes - Mechanical And Organic Solidarity, Anomie, Social Fact
Document Summary
Dynamic density, anomie, solidarity , facts and laws. Dynamic density: the number of people and their frequency interaction. An increase in dynamic density leads to the transformation from mechanical to organic solidarity(durkheim) Anomie: a sense, associated with organic solidarity, of not knowing what one is expected to do, of being adrift in society without any clear and secure mooring (durkheim). To merton, a situation in which there is a serious disconnection between social structure and culture; between structurally created abilities of people to act in accord with cultural norms and goals and the normals and goals themselves. Mechanical solidarity: in durkheim theory, the idea that primitive society is held together by the fact there is little division of labour, as a result, virtually everyone does essentially the same thing. Dol= based of low degree of specialization and divided on the basis of age and gender. Social facts: to durkheim, social facts are the subject matter of sociology.
