Durkheim(1) Flashcards
Intellectual influences
- A.Comte(positivism)
- Montesquieu(social intns interconnected)
- H.Spencer(organismic analogy)
Sociology distinguished from(2)
Philosophy(treated as ‘things’-emp study)
Psychology(general througout society)
SF
SF book/work
The Rules of Sociological method(1895)
SF
Social fact properties
EE EC GS
(Empl study, External, Explanation, Coercive, General across society, Sui-generis)
SF
Types of SF(with egs)
Material (law, state, religion)
Non-mat (morality, beauty, solidarity)
SF
Social Fact
(breakdown)
Social=originate from characteristic of grp rather than indivl
Fact=have indep obj existence, outside human mind & hence must be studied empirically
SF
Non material SF means
operate inside indivl but are exterior & coercive of pschological domain(Morality, Lang, Beauty)
SF crtic
One SF not always explained by other SFs
Malinowski
Relig(SF)->psychological:fear,anxiety(Not SFs)
SF crtic
Not always coercive
Steven Lukes
DOL
DOL book
The DOL in society(1893)
DOL
DOL mnemonic
SD Sar jo tera chakraye
LP Chahunga main tujhe
Society, Dynamic density, Solidarity, Law, Pathological, Collective conscience
DOL
Society types
Segmentary(v.little spln of roles & fns)
Organized(more->devt of interlocking sys of instns)
DOL
Solidarity types
- Mech(social cohesion based on similarity of indivls with one another)
- Org(based on interdependence of indivls on each other)
DOL
Used which material SF to explain which NMSF
Law(repressive,restitutive) to explain collective conscience & solidarity
DOL
A Giddens on DOL
CV IR
(Content Volume Intensity Rigidity)
CC in simple & complex societies compared on 4 dimensions
DOL
2 evolutions from pre-mod to modn societ
Material(Low SDoL->High SDoL)
Moral(Mech->Organic solidarity)
DOL
Force behind above transition
Dynamic density(popn density+freq of social interaction)
DOL
CC meaning(2)
- Totality of beliefs & sentiments common to avg memb of society
- Social cohesion based on shared beliefs & practices
CC(pre-mod)»CC(mod)
DOL
pre-modn society sequence
Repressive law->coz CC strong->coz indivls llr->coz low SDoL->social cohesion based on similarity(Mech solidarity)
DOL
modn society sequence
Restitutive law->coz CC weak->coz indivls diff->coz high SDoL->social cohesion based on interdep of indivls(Organic solidarity)
DOL
Pathological forms of DOL(why,nature,forms)
- Due to society undergoing transitionary phase
- Temporary
- 2(Anomic, Forced)
DOL
Anomic DOL(cause, result, solution)
- Instns of Integ & Regn not sufficiently developed
- Eco modn w/o eff rerulation(boom-bust cycles), Fragmentation of knowledge
- Corporate organisations of regulation
DOL
Forced DOL(cause, result)
- Merit based occup sys disrupted
- Unfair contracts
DOL
DOL critic
RK Merton 1934 paper(5)
Faulty data
Modern solidarity
Problem of Index
Utopian thinking
Dynamic density
