1.Division of Labor in Society Key Concepts: Social Facts Social Solidarity Collective Conscience Social Morphology 2.Mechanical and Organic Solidarity 3.Repressive and Restitutive Law 4.Dualism of Consciousness 5.Dynamic Density 6.Anomic Division of Labor 7.Division of Labor More general theory of the characteristics of individuals Some characteristics of society cannot be reduced to individual level, the values, cultural norms, and social structures that are external to the individual. Social Facts: Durkheim argued that society represents an emergent reality – it emerges in the combination of other realities to create something different ie: you have 2 elements, H and O; if you combine them in certain ways, you get a result,H20, which is an emergent phenomena – so it must be explained on its own terms, not interms of H or O So when humans come together, social facts emerge and it must be studied on its own Social facts are external and constraining to individuals (they shape behavior) Value systems and normative systems meet this criteria – so when we talk about normative systems (family, religion, education), they have a reality beyond the individual Normative systems don’t exist if individuals act rationally What do you do in a normative constraint? Cheat when you can, if you want to be rational Social Solidarity: refers to the cohesion of society, nature of social bonds key word of inquiry in D.O.L is social solidarity 18
