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Emile Durkheim was born in France in 1858. He wrote the division of labor in society including four major and influential works. He created the theory of societal transition where solidarity changes from mechanical to organic. This change happened through the growing division of labor (Thompson, 2002). This essay will discuss Durkheim’s social solidarity theory and how organic solidarity became apparent due to the growing division of labor in society. This essay will focus on the division of labor and how it creates solidarity among people. Durkheim classified two kinds of social solidarity in the division of labor in society, mechanical and organic. Mechanical solidarity is generally very typical of less advance societies, though it continues in enclaves with modern societies like the military. Its foundation lies in the power of conscience collective. Mechanical solidarity rests on a conscience collective which is high in volume and strength. This refers to collective beliefs and sentiments which are stronger over individual ones are held with great energy and regulate people’s lives in a very detailed way. Mechanical solidarity is a solidarity by resemblance, based on a certain behavior of each individual’s consciousness to a common type, which is the psychological type of society (Frisby & Sayer, 1986). Durkheim conveys his thought of division of labor through biological analogy. Moving in concert makes society become more effective, at the same time as each of its elements has more movements especially its own. What is perceived in the higher animals resembles this solidarity. Each organ has its own special feature and autonomy, but the greater the unity of the organism, the more marked the individualization of the parts. ... ... middle of paper ... ...eties. Modernity’s idea of knowledge is made available to human beings so that they can create a good society and that change can represent progress which is a good thing. The functional model of an individual one of a social actor is a structural-consensus, whose choices are created for them by socialization. Allowing that kind of social change and being a modernist can be actively promoted and achieved by social actors, that people can create society (Jones, 2003). In this essay I have discussed Emile Durkheim’s theory of social solidarity with both mechanical and organic solidarity and explained how solidarity has emerged through the growing division of labor. Reference list Frisby, D. & Sayer, D. (1986). Society. Ellis Horwood limited. Jones, P. (2003). Introducing social theory. Blackwell publishing, Inc. Thompson, K. (2002). Emile Durkheim. Routledge.

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