SOC231H5 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Norm (Social), Secular Morality, Social Inequality
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Emil durkheim (1858 1917: emil durkheim"s main focus began from a socialist thought leading to sociology and then mainly to social problems. For durkheim, crises such as recurrent industrial and commercial crises were explained by the lack of adjustment among the various functions of the social organism. The growth of the division of labour has caused class warfare to become more violent- for durkheim this is a consequence of the division of labour in its. Anomic division of labour (first of the abnormal forms) durkheim uses the term to explain that the a moral legal code appropriate fir the new conditions was lacking, or poorly developed in modern industrial society. The code is essential to resolve the amount of diverse interest groups in society and therefore regulate and moderate social conflicts. Durkheim realized that rules and regulations cannot be the only solution, because often the rules themselves serve to perpetuate certain social ills (which is evident in class conflicts)
