Emile Durkheim: Flashcards

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Division of Labor

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Durkheim explained When the production is split up into different parts and many workers come together to complete the work, but the contribution of each worker cannot be known

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social Facts:

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its more than a story, it has to have some objective reality
A law exists outside of everyone of us, it has a real objective validity

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what do laws do

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What laws do is codify, they objectivity record what a society agrees upon, in case someone infringes on that law.

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what does durkheim like

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Dirkhum likes laws. Stats, and doctrines. He’s veery scientific

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is Durkheim a reductionist?

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yes

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Social Solidarity:

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Durkheim focused on the idea of social solidarity, which is the glue that holds societies together as we are all working together for the collective good. He identified two types: mechanical solidarity (based on similarity) and organic solidarity (based on interdependence).

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durkheim had what kind of approach to sociology

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quatitative

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