organic society

Question 1

what is organic society?

Answer 1

The belief that society is an organism, and that the different roles, positions, and distribution of power are natural and fixed

Question 2

how does belief in organic society link to tradition?

Answer 2

gives individuals a sense of identity and improves social cohesion

Question 3

how does belief in organic society link to hierarchy?

Answer 3

natural inequality, members of society have different roles and cannot be equal

Question 4

how does belief in organic society link to human imperfection?

Answer 4

society gives security and guidance that helps limited creatures

Question 5

how does organic society link to pragmatism?

Answer 5

the model of society has worked for so long, we do not need to change it

Question 6

what does Burke say on organic society?

Answer 6

“Society is a partnership between those who are dead, those who are living, and those who are yet to be born”

Question 7

When does Durkheims anomie result?

Answer 7

anomie results if people do not have a specific role, functionalism – institutions that have survived must have a function

Question 8

what are liberal new right views on organic society?

Answer 8

The Liberal New Right did not believe there was such thing as society – emphasising individualism, and believed that hierarchies were not fixed but that society could be meritocratic

Question 9

what is neoliberals view on organic society?

Answer 9

Everyone fulfilling their own self-interest 🡪 end result is still cohesion/equilibrium