SOC 2112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mechanical And Organic Solidarity, Collective Consciousness, Solidarity
15 Sep 2016
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Sociologist primarily concerned with morality, and this concern is what formed his sociology. His historical and social context, like all others (such as the time period in which he lived), influenced his writings. He was one of the key theorists who precisely defined what he thought sociology should be about. His question of mortality is what formed his thoughts. Durkheim wrote 4 books: the division of labor (his phd thesis), the rules of. Sociological method, suicide, and elementary forms of religious life. His goal in life was to distinguish sociology as a distinct social science with its own area of expertise and study - first european department of sociology at bordeaux in. Saw society as primarily a moral phenomenon (shared or non-shared values/sentiments/bonds/social bonds of solidarity-social glue). It was beyond individuals interacting together there were bonds that preexisted individuals and therefore had a life of their own (existed before each of us did).
