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FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTIONS ON     CT  22:  DURKHEIM         Spring,  2010 

1.  One of Durkheim's major points is that  ____________________________________  are observable 'phenomena' that allow the study of society

2.  For Durkheim & Saint Simon, the  _______________________________  of society depended on developing a moral order to suit new social & technical conditions

3.  For Durkheim, examples of nonmaterial society include norms, values, suicide, mechanical solidarity, organic solidarity, or more generally  ________________________________

4.  In relation to mechanical & organic solidarity, people in modern society occupy more  ________________________________________  & have a much narrower range of tasks & responsibilities

5.  In relation to the division of labor (DOL), it is believed that the earliest form of the DOL was that btwn men & women, & btwn  _______________________________________________

6.  In relation to Durkheim on suicide, altruistic suicide is correlated w/ high  _________________________  into society

7.  In relation to alienation & anomie, Durkheim developed his concept of anomie to explain the condition in modern society where the old culture or common morality,  ______________________________ , but have not yet been replaced by its modern form, in the form of organic solidarity as manifested in a societal div of labor

8.  In relation to Durkheim on religion, the source of religion is society's shared  _____________________________

9.  In relation to Durkheim on social control, order was an  ____________________________  consequence of economic system where every individual pursues their own interests

10.  In relation to Durkheim on crime, for him & the functionalists there are  ________________________________  consequences of deviance & social control

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ESSAY QUESTION ON     CT  22:  DURKHEIM        Spring,  2010 

Essays should be two, average length, hand written pages long.  Be sure & answer all parts of the question.

3.  In relation to Durkheim, discuss the nature of the division of labor, mechanical solidarity, & organic solidarity.  Pick a social phenomenon or problem today & analyze whether this situation is better served by mechanical solidarity, i.e. traditional, charismatic or other type of solidarity, or by organic solidarity via the interdependence created via the division of labor?

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