SOCIOL 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mechanical And Organic Solidarity, Social Order, Altruistic Suicide

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Sociology lec 3: Seeing and thinking sociologically
The ultimate test of a sociological imagination: Suicide
Self-destruction
Taking one’s own life
Killing oneself
Self-murder
What is “suicide” durkheim’s definition
All cases of death resulting directly or indirectly from a positive or negative act of
the victim her/himself, which s/ he knows will produce this result
Why do individuals commit suicide?
What are common explanations we give?
Struggling financially-loss of pride
Mental health
Abusive relationship
Excessive addiction
Durkheim
Ask how do we make sense of
That societies differ significantly in their suicide rates?
That trends over time within any societies are quite stable?
That types of suicide can differ substantially across societies?
His answer look to the characteristics of groups and social structures, since
individuals are defined by a collective reality
Durkheim’s sociological treatise on suicide
The individual is the expression of the collectivity
Variation in the structure of social relations yields variation in the suicide rate
Big questions for durkheim?
How is social solidarity produced?
How can individuals achieve consensus?
How is social order maintained?
How can a multiplicity of individuals make up a society?
What, for Durkheim, is social structure?
Social structure lies at the intersection of two independent parameters-
integration and regulation
Integration: the extent of social relations binding a person or a group
Regulation: the normative or moral demand placed on the individual that
come with membership in the group
Two ideal types of social structures emerge at the intersection of integration and
regulation
Social order through consensus: two extreme forms of social organization
Mechanical solidarity
-solidarity of sameness or
resemblance
-strong systems of common beliefs
Organic solidarity
-solidarity of difference
-with increased social differentiation
comes increasing differences among
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The ultimate test of a sociological imagination: suicide. All cases of death resulting directly or indirectly from a positive or negative act of the victim her/himself, which s/ he knows will produce this result. Ask how do we make sense of. His answer look to the characteristics of groups and social structures, since individuals are defined by a collective reality. The individual is the expression of the collectivity. Variation in the structure of social relations yields variation in the suicide rate. Social structure lies at the intersection of two independent parameters- integration and regulation. Integration: the extent of social relations binding a person or a group. Regulation: the normative or moral demand placed on the individual that. Two ideal types of social structures emerge at the intersection of integration and come with membership in the group regulation. Social order through consensus: two extreme forms of social organization. With increased social differentiation comes increasing differences among.

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