Durkheim's Mechanical and Organic Solidarity: what holds society together?
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- A visual explanation and analysis of Émile Durkheim's contrast between mechanical and organic solidarity.
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References:
Bottomore, T. 1981. A Marxist Consideration of Durkheim. Social Forces, 59(4), 902-917.
Durkheim, E. 1893. The Division of Labour in Society (trans. Halls, W. D.). New York: Free Press.
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Marx, K, and Engels, F. 1848. The Communist Manifesto (trans. Moore, S.). WikiSource.
Müller, H. 1994. Social Differentiation and Organic Solidarity: The "Division of Labor" Revisited. Sociological Forum, 9(1), 73-86.
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Yes, I enjoyed the video as well. I don't know that I could have said anything about Durkheim before this, but now I have a grasp of the basics, at least.
What I don't get, however, is how we would say that his theory can't explain WWI (or other conflict). If crime serves a purpose by delineating the boundaries of behavior in society, then can't we see something similar in war?
What I mean is that a nation is a society _is_ a collective of people _is_ an emergent "individual" in the "society" of the international community. Therefore, I would say that war is an outcome of a nation committing a crime against another, and the society of the international community responding to it.
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I majored in sociology while I was in college. This is one of the best, quickest, and simplest explanations of Emile Durkheim’s theories I’ve ever heard.
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Same here, but also, it's good to throw in a jumbled mess of different readings with a concise explanation like this
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So just to get my mind around this a pre-modern solidarity is "mechanical" because the "collective consciousness" comes from all the environmental factors, mostly unmolested, the collective self sufficiently live in and modern solidarity is "organic" because people have no choice except to rely on others because the "system" doesn't believe self sufficiency is productive enough?
Let me frame it another way. "Organic" is where the mechanisms of government enforce their will on all under the threat of violence, births are certified and registered, licensing and all manner of paperwork are required of proof of anything and everything and if you refuse to give "money" ( a debt based system of agreed value which by design can never be satisfied) to the government earnt for time spent your freedom will be taken away? Regardless of what you do or believe in?
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Notes :
Solidarity is the cohesion between the members of society and what holds it together. Durkheim's purposes to ideas in which solidarity could work :
MECHANICAL SOLIDARITY ( pre modern ):
- stands on homogeneity and collective consciousness
- unified morally and socially
- punishment if one clashed with the collective's belief
ORGANIC SOLIDARITY ( modern )
- separate individuals and identities
- interdependent / rely upon one another / they can't survive alone
- focuses on individualism
- visible in the culture of consumerism on how it sells the magnificence of individuals
- limiting punishments to righting wrongs since beliefs continue to vary and expand for it to continue to run.
It's more than just two over-simplified versions, but the only real truth is The Bible's, regardless what one might think, it's the most objective truth and stand by this.
@@NiqashMuad Bruh what are you talking about? The Bible doesn't even agree with itself about what's true.
The "mechanical" solidarity looks more organic or akin to biological entities than that modern solidarity, the latter should be labelled as "transactional".
@@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115 I think you run on assumption that organic means unity. But if you look at nature, it's not a collective of the same trees and animals, it's a whole ecosystem with each living being fulfil their own role and their position in food chain. This is what our modern society is based on, we acknowledge that each person is not the same cog running the entire society machine, we are different individual pursue different roles in society. While nature looks static, it's an ever-changing landscape with steady evolution. Our modern society is similar but replace "evolution" with "technology".
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One quick thing - Durkheim didn't say that chronic, endemic crime was a healthy thing: just the opposite. He said if the level of crime rose too high people wouldn't see the crime/punishment system as working and it would turn to lawlessness, but too low of a crime rate was just as bad since government HAS to do something about perceived problems in a society (even if these problems are minor) if there isn't anything to take focus away. Basically you have 1)Inner-City Ghetto - where laws and police are less than effective, 2) "Normal" Town - typical Law and Order type places with common sense laws and 3)Suburbs - basically crime is virtually non-existent so people regulate everything from how long grass can be cut to how long a car can stay parked in a driveway.
Justin Madsen Yeah true I may have kinda mischaracterised Durkheim on crime
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