SOCA01H3 Lecture Notes - Anna Nicole Smith, Altruistic Suicide, Mechanical And Organic Solidarity
Document Summary
Is a couple hundred years old idea that you can understand society and how people interact with each other scientifically. Emile durkheim a classical scientist do social forces exist?how do they affect behavior? social forces have the most powerful influence on human behavior. Society is more important reasons for suicide than psychology. Modern societies such as canada are poorly integrated found more women than men in insane asylums but more men committed suicide than females. E. g. intense interaction: sitting down and having group discussions. 4000 jobs in canada, which means many different occupations, which leads to subcultures weaker social integration. Solidarity types: mechanical solidarity high levels of social solidarity (i. e. traditional) Social approval is important everyone seems to know everything: organic solidarity weak levels of social solidarity (i. e. modern) Durkheim says that as we move to organic solidarity, social integration declines, and it leaves the ego weak and exposed.
