HECOL310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Talcott Parsons, Solidarity, Auguste Comte
31 Jan 2017
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A family system has specialized kinds of roles differentiated roles: wife = homemaker; husband = bread winner, this is the ideal family in terms of meeting the needs of society. Typology of deviant behaviour - robert merton (1957) Most people fall under this goals of society (to be a provider) but he rejects the approved means in achieving it (ie illegal means) Retreatism those who reject both the goals of being a good provider as well as the means in achieving this (they are not working hard and have given up the idea of success) category. This theory would say that those engaging in drug abuse or who are homeless fall into this category. Rebellion this involves creating new goals and new means in achieving these goals (these people strive for meaning and spirituality) Auguste comte (early 19th century: positivism, solidarity interconnectedness, consensus. Emil durkheim late 19th century: social solidarity.
