ISS 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Auguste Comte, Social Stratification, Organism
20 Sep 2016
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Structural functionalism is a framework that sees society as a complex system. It suggests that society is an integrated whole where both parts and whole are interdependent and functional: main features. Dysfunctional elements leading to social integration and equilibrium. Social integration through legitimization of social, economic, and political structure. Law of three stages: theological stage, metaphysical stage, scientific stage. Increase in size leading to increase in complexity and differentiation - rural to urban, people in that society will differ from others. Differentiation in structure leading to differentiation in function. Thus, certain people do different things look at women and black people. Inter-relationship of parts and the whole - we depend on each other. Internalizing all that is external to you, language, likes and dislikes. He said we have to control society through socialization. Adaptation to environments - if you have a lot of farmland, promote occupations around that. You have to manipulate environment to suit you.
