SOCY 1067 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Group Cohesiveness, Scholasticism, Dialectic
15 Mar 2016
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Definition: the need for society to create rituals and institutions for social cohesion which will lead to consensus and agreement amongst the population. Maintain society and cultural norms through education, pass on necessary information for the those educated to succeed in the world. Consensus, agreement, change is evolutionary and not dynamic. Become parts of a machine that is society. Durkheim"s views on morality: shift from religious to secular society; morals were dictated by god and religious texts. Social commandments, morality coming from authority, authority of the society. Maintain solidarity, train children to become integrated into a cohesive society. Educate the population through formal schooling, use secular form of morality to create social cohesion in the large machine of society. Prepare for role in society and everything can function. How did it differ from the educational ideals of the. Purely logical, not seeking to become more luxurious or refined.
