SOCI 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Skill, Solidarity
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Soci 110 notes: division of labor (reduce in farmer"s market, social solidarity (mechanical and organic, collective conscience. Durkheim thinks of society as a whole (less focus on individual people) Production is the 1st premise of all human existence men must be in a position to live in order to be able to make history" marx: humans must produce. We lack basic instincts to be able to live in the wild on our own. We become domesticated such as pets: production makes us uniquely human (this is what marx says makes us a human) Year 1 2016 bird nests are the same. Year 1 2016 houses are completely different (we progress as humans) What makes us uniquely human according to durkheim?: something special about what we produce. No ability to create in a factory line. We are human because we are able to pour ourselves into what we do. Do what you love based on gifts and passions (marx)
