SOCI 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Genetic Engineering, Mechanical And Organic Solidarity, Industrial Revolution
29 Apr 2020
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Feudal - a strict hierarchy of power, where lords ruled the land and peasants worked it. Marked by the industrial revolution, inventions such as the steam engine. Families left the farm life and flocked to the cities looking for jobs. The invention of the computer chip marked the beginning of a new era. Genetic engineering is at the forefront of this possible new era. Technology, cultural change, and its effect on society. Technology leads to culture leads to behavior. Society changed and populations grew as the new technology allowed for new wealth and allowed nations to better feed and defend its societies. E. durkheim believed that as society grew to be more complex, this caused society"s social order to move from mechanical to organic solidarity. Mechanical solidarity - a low division of labor, everyone does the same types of jobs, therefore the social bonds are strong because everyone is more or less equal.
