Social Theory II – Durkheim Required reading: PSN‚ pp. 265-278‚ and R. Cotterrell‚ Emile Durkheim: Law in a Moral Domain (1999)‚ Ch 7 (photocopied handout) Q: How far would Durkheim agree and disagree with Marx’s view of law? Q: Does modern law need a set of values to underpin it? Can sociology explain what values modern law must express? What answer to these questions does Durkheim give? Q: If Durkheim ’got legal evolution wrong’ does this destroy the significance of his view of law?
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Durkheim’s functionalist theory -Functionalists see society as based on value consensus (members of society sharing common culture). -Culture: Set of shared norms (rules)‚ values‚ beliefs and goals shared culture produces social solidarity and binding people together. -Functionalists argue there are two mechanisms needed for society to achieve solidarity: Socialisation: instils the shared culture into its members ensuring we internalise the same norms and values‚ and meet society’s requirements
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Durkheim argued that anomic suicide takes place when normative regulations are absent‚ such as in the world of trade and industry (chronic anomie)‚ or when abrupt transitions in society lead to a loss in the effectiveness of norms to regulate behavior (acute anomie). The latter type explains the high suicide rate during fiscal crises and among divorced men Anomie - A condition characterized by the absence or confusion of social norms or values in a society or group. Anomie is also one of the
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Classical Theory SYA3110 Emile Durkheim Durkheim was known as the architect of social science and contributed a great deal to the social science community. Durkheim was not born with this title however. Durkheim was born from a long line of French Jews. His father‚ grandfather‚ and great grandfather were all rabbis. At an early stage in life however Durkheim made the decision not to follow in his family’s footsteps. He wanted to lead a completely secular life and much of his work was dedicated
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scholarship‚ which investigates suicide in terms of external social contexts‚ rather than internal personality traits. Durkheim utilizes empirical evidence to demonstrate the reversed relationship between social integration and rates of suicide. However‚ others have challenged Durkheim by revealing the poor quality of his data
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This was a period of time that people tried to figure out what might affect the productivity and efficiency‚ like from motivation. It produced a variety of theories researching people’s psychological desires; around what do they need in different levels‚ such as Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs. However‚ this time we try to focus on two-factor theory. Employees in an organization are either satisfied or dissatisfied with their job based on whether they are motivated or not on their job. However‚ the kind
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Durkheim: Anomic Division of Labor The first pathological form that results from the division of labor‚ according to Durkheim‚ is the anomic division of labor. This fairly common‚ negative aspect of the division of labor occurs when the individuals become isolated by their repetitive‚ specialized tasks‚ and forget that they are parts of the whole‚ i.e. society. Examples of this occur in industries and factories which detach workers from their employers. In order to fix this anomic division of
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personalityresearch.org/papers/plaut.htm Criticisms of Freud’s theory There have been criticisms of psychoanalysis from every imaginable angle. It has been equally strongly defended‚ and has held up very well under fire. Two common criticisms‚ espoused by laypeople and professionals alike‚ are that the theory is too simple to ever explain something as complex as a human mind‚ and that Freud overemphasized sex and was unbalanced here (was sexist). My opinion is that these criticisms are to a large extent the result
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prolong. Most of the information explaining crime and delinquency is based on facts about crime (Vold‚ Bernard‚ & Daly 2002‚ p.1). The aim of this paper is to describe the theories of crime and punishment according to the positivists Emile Durkheim and Cesare Lombroso‚ and the classical criminologist Marcese de Beccaria. The theories were developed as a response to the industrialisation and the modernisation of the societies in the 18th and 19th centuries and were aiming to create a rational society
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Nick Bennett Dale Tomich Sociology 200 6/9/2014 Durkheim’s Mechanical and Organic Solidarity According to Durkheim there are two types of solidarities that connect in with societies and bond with people as one meaningful entity based on meaningful values‚ this includes Mechanical Solidarity and Organic solidarity. Organic Solidarity can be defined as “a state of interdependency created by the specialization of roles in which individuals and institutions become acutely dependent
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