SOC 2112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mechanical And Organic Solidarity, Social Relation, Marcel Mauss
2 Mar 2016
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How is social order possible in a society that is becoming increasingly individualized, specialized and diversified: jobs are increasingly specific, labour has increasingly more jobs involved in it, people are increasingly more different than alike. The division of labor produces a new type of solidarity in society organic solidarity. Two types of solidarity: mechanical solidarity and organic solidarity. Smaller scale societies the division of labour is less specialized: people are very similar to each other. Members of the society share the same values, based on common tasks and common life situations and experiences. Organic solidarity characterizes societies with a highly developed/functionally: organic solidarity presupposes difference between individuals-less in diversified division of labour common. The growth of organic solidarity and the expansion of the division of labor are associated with increasing individualism. Durkheim"s reasoning? different types of social solidarity because the law reflects social relations at their most stable.
