Sociology 2259 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Scapegoating, Ritualism In The Church Of England, Kingsley Davis
10 Nov 2017
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The view of society: a smooth running machine. Deviance: occurs when something in that smooth running machine breaks down. Viewed as a natural product of the social order and symptomatic of a problem that must be corrected. Need deviance for the system to work, but too much or too little could be bad, need balance. Solution: treatment and rehabilitation of the individual. Consensus: what is good for some is assumed to be good for all. Status quo: maintain the status quo, don"t x what ain"t broke , society is the way it is because its good that way (must ask, good for who?) People are little pieces of the machine, playing their own role in harmony. People are imminently perfect-able through the process of socialization. Society"s job: to shape each person after itself. Anomic suicide: normal response to a lack of moral regulation.
