SOC 473 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Dependent Clause, Gemeinschaft And Gesellschaft, Mechanical And Organic Solidarity
30 Jan 2018
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Soc 473 - emile durkheim: social facts and moral individualism. Individuality is not an inherent human feature. Major figure in establishing sociology as a study in universities. Always felt like an outsider which helped him to be a better sociologist. Can"t say if he"s a functionalist - recognizing a lot of conflict/injustice/things that are not lining up. Social facts: a way of acting, fixed or not, capable of exerting over the individual an external constraint, general over whole society while having an existence of its own, independent of its individual, ex. Money manifestations: objective - exist outside the consciousness of the person, causal - capable of putting pressure on the person, they are emergent. Social solidarity: the ties that bind a group together into a single unit or bind people together, people voluntarily cooperate with one another and even make comprises and sacrifices for other"s sake, ex.
