SO 202 Lecture Notes - George Ritzer, Rein
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Term for weakening or absence of the usual moral standards governing social life. Allows free rein to destructive exercise of will in pursuit of expanding or unrealistic personal goals. Disequilibrium that takes place, unable to perform social norms. Humans always in pursuit of other desires, always wanting to improve oneself. Give into insatiable desires to feel like you have a purpose in society. Question of connection and solidarity based off mutual need and society. Purpose: explain suicide and the connection w/ individualism. Organic model of society was losing ground. Organs of society idealism was becoming irrelevant and outdated. No correlation with society and human body. Durkheim was aware that individuals were influential in the development of society. Sociology in canada influenced by european and american tradition. George ritzer identified six social conditions that were instrumental to the development of social theory. Saint-simon, comte, martineau, and durkheim were motivated to understand the new social order that was emerging in society.
