SOCI 1001 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Émile Durkheim, Mechanical And Organic Solidarity, Wage Labour
19 Dec 2016
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Three thinkers form the base of modern-day perspectives. Weber developed different theoretical approaches to help us understand the formation of modern industrial society. The communal beliefs, morals, and attitudes of a society. Social integration (key factor in social life): The strength of ties that people have to their social groups. The (cid:858)glue(cid:859) that tie i(cid:374)di(cid:448)iduals together as a society/group. Two types of social solidarity: mechanical and organic. Durkheim explained that preindustrial societies were held together by mechanical solidarity. A type of social order maintained through a minimal division of labor and a common collective consciousness. Such societies permitted a low degree of autonomy. Share the same values, based on common life situations and experiences and follow the rules of the group. Society acts as a constraint on individual behavior. Social order based around an acceptance of economic and social differences. Increase level of autonomy (individualism and unique personalities) Society coheres because everyone is interdependent of one another.
