SOCIOL 2S06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Mechanical And Organic Solidarity, Social Fact, Anomie
28 Oct 2016
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The war effort: (e did research & went to work for french govn"t committies that were publishing studies and various other documents connected to the war. The personal tragedy: his son killed in accident fighting as soldier in ww1, killed in 1916, when his son died durkheim never recovered from this tragedy, went into downward slide. Failing health & death: grief from son meant his work was failing. In 1916 he suffered a stroke months after his son died: his heart did give way and died at 1917 (only 59 yrs old) What are social facts: they are external and collective ways in which society shapes. structures, and constrains our, examples: institutions (economy, politics, beliefs, practices & norms, etc) behaviour. )mportant: don"t confuse social facts w. statistical facts. Shape social policies & shape and influence ind decisions, thus, = statistical facts social facts (stat facts influence social facts: examples: birth rates & unemployment facts.
