SOCI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Auguste Comte, Émile Durkheim, Labour Power
28 Aug 2016
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Considered the founder or father of sociology. Unlocked the power of society and what keeps people together. Deviations from norms is inevitable but it is best kept to a minimum. Solidarity: mechanical: the ties that bind (everyone has the same life styles even if people are economically independent ***think of the farmer example***, organic: the ties that make modern economy work (***think of modern times; Kept together bc everyone is dependent on one another; we are like an. Organism, like a human body from textbook notes!!) Social structures and realities outside of individual control. Social integration and the myth of psychological reductionism. Bourgeoisie (the haves): people who are driven by making a profit of the means of production; control means of production. Proletariat (the have nots): those who sell their labor to the bourgeoisie; have only their labor power to sell. A new way of thinking about the world.
