CRM 2301 Lecture 6: Functionalism

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Emile durkheim: french social theorist work is euro-centric, father of functionalism, founder of modern sociology. Drawing attention to the broader social system (not just the city itself, but the broader circumstances: normal response to abnormal circumstances. As much as this is sociological in nature, we are looking towards the individuals who seem to be normal and those who are abnormal . Draw attention to abnormality in the circumstances that surround the person, not solely the person themselves. People are struggling (something different, major change) that can cause people to turn to deviance. Part of the explanation in terms of abnormality is at the broader social structure. Explanation: organization of the whole society. Interested in what is happening in terms of the entire system, the various institutions that show how we survive and are successful in society. What creates struggles in our capacity to organize ourselves within society: social structure. The social system: society, as a whole.

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