Thursday, January 13, 2011

Emile Durkheim's Thoughts


* Social Facts
Generally the most fundamental assumption underlying the Durkheim's approach to sociology is that social phenomena are real and affect the consciousness of other individuals. Social facts can not be reduced to individual facts, but rather have an independent existence at the social level. Durkheim rejected ynag opinions about the social facts on the view that excessive individualism. View of the excessive individualism of social facts has reduced social phenomena only on individual behavior, while in fact, social fact is more than just a collection or summation of individual behavior because a behavior can be called a social fact the perpetrator. In addition, Durkheim also explains that sociology is scientific, therefore, must be studied objectively and causally explained.
Social facts have three characteristics:

   1. Social facts are external to the individual, because since the beginning idividu feel confronts himself with the social facts and assume that the social fact be an a fact that comes from outside himself.
   2. Individual coercive social facts, because an individual is guided, it is believed and encouraged or influenced by the social facts that make them complete.
   3. General social facts, spread in a society, because social facts that are not the sum of several individual facts but rather a collective of more than just the sum of the individual facts.

    * Social Solidarity
Social solidarity is the relationship between individuals and or groups based on the level of intimacy, moral commitment and trust is strengthened by shared emotional experience. Social solidarity at least rely on the level of consensus on the moral principles underlying the relationship. Durkheim distinguishes two forms of solidarity, namely:
a. Solidarity Mekani
Based on the collective consciousness (colletive consiousnes / conscience) which refers to the totality of shared beliefs that exist in that same community. Solidraitas mechanics depends on the individuals who have the same properties and normative patterns of belief and the same.

   1. Organic Solidarity
Arise because of the division of labor increase. Organic Solidraitas didsarkan on timgkat high interdependence. Interdependence that grew as a result of the increased specialization in the division of labor that allows increasing differences among individuals.

    * Suicide (Suicide)
Basic proposition that is affected in a suicide is that suicide rates vary by level of social integration. Durkheim identifies three types of suicide that reflects three types of relationships vary. Three types of suicide:

   1. Egoistic suicide
Egoistic suicide is the result of an excessive pressure on individualism or lack of adequate social ties with social groups.

   1. Altruistic suicide
Altruistic suicide, concerned sedemikain unite themselves with the values of his group and so integrated that aside until he had no identity. Altruistic suicide is the result of some degree of social integration is too strong.

   1. Anomic suicide
Anomic suicide arise from the absence of a statement of goals and aspirations of individuals. Durkheim showed that sudden changes in society, such as a severe economic crisis or periods of economic expansion and prosperity are not uncommon, usually associated with high rates of suicide.

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