SOC202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Γmile Durkheim, Positive Form, Moral Authority
24 Dec 2015
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Religious background (judaism) although he wasn"t religion. Interested in it as a religious phenomenon and how it affected traditional and modern society. Interested in the creation of new citizens: stems from french revolution and new immigrants coming in. Interests: structural functionalist, nature and sources of social order; in particular role & sources of moral authority (ideas + values): Elementary forms of religious life (1912: transition from traditional to modern society. < traditional social order vs. > individualism. The division of labour in society (1893) Important because in traditional society people were tied to unitary religious belief (one religion) but in modern society this isn"t present. Rise of the individual and freedom of choice: around religion, and political beliefs, people are now very different, sociology as empirical science. Described a structuralist positive form of sociology and gave ground rules, what it looked and why: ground for establishing sociology as a separate field in the university system.
