SOC 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Inequality, Endangerment, Unemployment Benefits
29 Jun 2016
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Interested in religion and how it pertained to social cohesion. The role of religion in how society came together. Morality is the key to have social solidarity amongst members of society. Prime concern is how morality changes over time and it may impact social solidarity. Introduction of capitalism produced a shift in how social solidarity came to be in historical contexts. Aggravated family, autonomous subunits that have structural functionalism. Economically self-suf cient because able to provide for themselves. Share a collective consciousness that is tied to religion. Totality of beliefs and sentiments that are common to average citizens. Moral rules for social solidarity in early times are represented in the shared body of beliefs. Religion and ideas regarding political organizations and laws and the connection between law and religion is close because law has a religious origin. Legal rules emerge from collective consciousness and religious in uence.
