SOC203H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Social Realism, Petite Bourgeoisie, Proletariat
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Position paper is to be handed in two ways: physical printed copy and turnitin. Durkheim doesn"t provide too many arguments about inequality. Social order is possible if it"s individuals share common values and thoughts, treats conflict as abnormal and dysfunctional of social life and he tends to disregard this, not to mention though he does recognize it is happening. In a capitalist society, group people into economic sectors. This would eventually set the scale of fascism. Talks about social mobility and class- he is attentive to social structure. He has a very well developed micro perspective. The ways status is maintained, via rituals ex: caste in india. Talks about face to face interaction all the time. Marx and tocqueville connecting the micro and the macro. Note that marx is weak on micro, but can we go to tocqueville to understand if there can be any answers to understand the capitalist society.
