SOCI 429 Lecture 4: (4) Durkheim
6 Oct 2016
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Foucauldian framework for investigation how particular theorists set up questions. Problem should be examined from "outside" - don"t accept framing. Foucault: genealogy - move backwards to understand the present. Durkheim: history that can be investigated to find why something has become a problem. Underlying concern about way in which politics/economics/legal relationships are formed (19th century) Concern for liberal tradition - capacity to rule should be exercised within limits, preserves rights. Law works to govern populations, must be seen as legitimate. Institutions exist only as far as their function for society. Causes indiviuals to make choices that are not our own: level of integration. Collective conscience is a social creation, separate from the indivudal. Time of declining religious values - increasingly secular state while advancing industrialization. Focus is on how social institutions (e. g. law) Weber: function of a bureaucracy, shows how bureaucracy functions better than others.
