SOC231H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Mechanical And Organic Solidarity, Double Consciousness, Dialectic
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The rates of suicide for women is much lower than for men. Marriage is of net benefit for men, as they also have lower rates of suicide than single men. Married women have higher rates of suicide than single women. Emile durkheim (continued: the division of labour in society (1893) What social glue binds people to society. People alike; share a common conscious concscience collective : people they share similar beliefs and institutions in a small community. As societies become more complex the differences between people becomes more pronounced. The division of labour causes different ideas, etc. In a simple organism there are no distinct organs. A complex organism has different organs that perform different functions but they contribute for the maintainance of the overall organism (this metaphor can be used to understand complex societies) Because people do different tasks, it creates interdependence. Organic solidarity: division f labour, specialized tasks, interdependence of people> society.
