Emile Durkheim: Flashcards
Division of Labor
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
social Facts:
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
what do laws do
What laws do is codify, they objectivity record what a society agrees upon, in case someone infringes on that law.
what does durkheim like
Dirkhum likes laws. Stats, and doctrines. He’s veery scientific
is Durkheim a reductionist?
yes
Social Solidarity:
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).
durkheim had what kind of approach to sociology
quatitative