Sociology 2240E Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Sui Generis, Social Fact, Solidarity
4 Nov 2016
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Introduction: ideas that characterize him: conservative, similar to comte - was an evolutionist, realist - all humans are reactors, believes consensus is the naturally evolves states of society not conflict. Arguing that society exists in and of itself: society is organic and a separate entity, concerned with social solidarity - society exists in and of itself and concerned with that social order. Consensus is essential to understanding social order and change. Study of social facts: sui generis, sociology is the study of social facts, methodology, see the three sociological theorists in relation to one another. Marx wrote before both durkheim and weber. A little bit of what he was saying was in response. Religious (one of the key factors that holds society together) background. A lot of his work was affected by world war one. Humans are something by nature and essentially selfish and need to be socialize them.
