SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Émile Durkheim, Auguste Comte, Mechanical And Organic Solidarity
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Classical social theory in late 19th and early 20th centuries. Period of enormous change, marked by key transitions. Change from agriculture to industry based economy. Decline in religious influence in public life. Contained the term sociology - the science of society. Positivism - about exploring and classifying behaviour to uncover social law. Observe and classify social behaviour to uncover laws. Big contributions: (how societies work together and sucide) We have to make sense of the world based on what we see in the world. Developed the concept of the social fac. Regularities and rules of everyday life that every community has. Social forces are broader than social facts, but the two terms are largely interchangeable. Human behaviour is not natural but learned. Social forces are important for influencing individual behaviour. Suicide was a land mark for social theory. Social solidarity - where do shared morals and connections between individuals come from.
