SOCIOL 2RR3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Functional Analysis, Conservation Movement, Social Fact
7 Mar 2017
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Objectives: introducing classical perspectives of society: functionalism. What is its role? (2) how does cultural knowledge contribute to inequality? (3) what are weaknesses of the functionalist perspective on inequality: they always ask what is the function of that part in society. Brief review: functionalism views society as a clock. There are different cogs in the clock that preform a speci c function that makes the whole clock run smoothly. The cogs relate to different social facts that make up society such as norms, traditions, values, cultures and institutions: a functionalist examines what role the cog plays in order for the broader society to run smoothly. Emile durkheim: durkheim was writing in a time of great social disorder because of the french. Caused a shift in values that impacted society and his writing. He wanted to know what kept society together. The division of labour in society (1983: he claimed two different types of social solidarity:
