Division Of Labour Emile Durkheim Presentation.pptx

Division of Labour

1. DIVISION OF LABOUR

2. “the division of labour is the cause of a spectacular rise in productivity” [1663]

3. WHY? Everybody’s dexterity is improved. Workers save time because they do not have to pass from one type of task to another. Worker may discover better ways to do the job more efficiently.

4. Division of Labour is an economic concept… a social [1893]

5. CONCEPTS

6. INTEGRATION Value Consensus!!! INDIVIDUALISM.

7. MECHANICAL SOLIDARITY versus ORGANIC SOLIDARITY

8. [1913]

9. Not a crime, but a ground for divorce!!!

10. MECHANICAL SOLIDARITY versus ORGANIC SOLIDARITY

11. MATERIAL DENSITY

12. MORAL DENSITY

13. PROPOSITION

14. MECHANICAL SOLIDARITY ORGANIC SOLIDARITY

15. MATERIAL DENSITY INCREASES STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE BECOME MORE ACCUTE IN ORDER TO SURVIVE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY DEVELOP A DIVISION OF LABOUR

16. CRITICISM

17. Indigenous Societies of Pacific

18. Difficulty of testing Durkheim’s main assertion due to lack of data.

19. ASSESSMENT Either as a contribution towards the defeat of the social nominalists like Herbert Spencer, and contributions towards the establishment of Sociology as a recognized professional academic discipline in France. - J. A Barnes