SOC216H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mechanical And Organic Solidarity, Social Fact, Social History
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3 dichotomies: keep these in mind for what is sociology and what does it mean to do sociology: natural law vs. legal posiivism, consensus vs. conlict view of law. Law in acion vs. law on the books. Piece together diferent research papers; read criically to understand what is useful or not. Draw from course readings to analyze the data for assignment two. Understood to be one, or the, irst sociological thinker. Looking at social as its own neat organic thing, something that you could study. Wants to look at society as the staring point, away from looking at individuals (economics and psychology) We progress past mechanical solidarity to organic solidarity. Mechanical solidarity are smaller, early socieies [aka primiive] which are homogenous and repressive collecive conscience (have shared goals and desires, strong ies to each other, strong community) Deal with things beyond their collecive conscience more repressively the law is acivated to be repressive.
