SOC101Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17-20: Protestant Work Ethic, Conflict Theories, Class Conflict
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Typically, durkheim analyzed how the growth of industries an ciies in the 19th century: funcionalist theories emphasize that social structures are based mainly on shared values. Durkheim wrote about social solidarity as moral seniment that binds people together: funcionalism suggest that re-establishing equilibrium can best solve most social problems. This durkheim said the social stability could be restored in late 19th century was during great economic crisis, the great depression, that funcionalism took deep root here. Because of the economic crisis conservaive frame atrached to the theory. Conlict theory: the second major theoreical tradiion sociology emphasizes the centrality of conlict in social life. Conlict theory originated in the work of karl marx generaion before durkheim. Marx observed the discontent produced by industrial revoluion and proposed sweeping argument about what the way socieies. Marx believed worker would become aware of belonging to the same exploited class.
