SOC100H5 Lecture : Durkheim and Moral Order.docx

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-> built the discipline of sociology in france. -> convinced government to fund research, graduate programs, etc. -> religion important in the construction of society. 1st work b4 division of labour and society. -> wrote book called rules of sociological method. Clearly and simply explains how sociologists do sociology. Society more/less an idea (can"t see, taste, touch, etc. ) ->society is not in the individual (if you could, then sociology doesn"t need to exist; can use psych) Treat social facts as things (1st rule in his book) Social facts = most common (repetitive, patterns, predictable) among population, constraints (social control) on the individual. Social facts can be measurable (comparing statistics of actions) This is a precursor to functionalism (not actually functionalism) Durkheim did a scientific study of morality. -> society according to durkheim is moral order. What is reasonable / acceptable according to society. Moral order fundamental nature of surviving together.

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