Contribution of Sociology
In the reading I found that Durkheim discovered how the dynamics of social solidarity is, away in which we explain how society can function and go about doing things; for example, society function and operates as a moral order rather than merely to justify and or debunk. Durkheim wanted to show how the world operates on a system and many things. For example people who are on public housing and live on government assistance the government have always in which they operate. The government operates this way to be sure that everyone who's in need housing or support gets it. Colleges would be another example of Durkheim's discovery; to be sure that everyone is treated with the same respect and get their education the college must operate on a system and have everyone on the same page.
Weber's contribution to sociology was his thesis that combined economic and religious sociology, Marx's contributions to sociology was the concepts of dialectical materialism and alienation. Weber introduced the idea of a social action. Social action is an action that is oriented to others taking into consideration the past, present or expected future behavior. While Durkheim introduced a social fact. Social facts are ways of acting, thinking, and feeling external to the individual and endowed with a power of coercion, by reason by which they control him. Durkheim's major contribution to society was his thinking about how society is held together. Durkheim argued that there were two different kinds of solidarity among people in a society. The first type of solidarity appeared in more traditional societies. In these societies, all of the people are of the same ethnic group, the same religion, and the same culture. They are all similar to one another and that similarity holds them together as a society. Durkheim called this "mechanical solidarity." In more modern societies, however, very different kinds of people are thrown together and expected to live together. It is not at all clear what holds them together when they are so different. Durkheim says that "organic solidarity" holds them together. By this, he means that people need each other in an economic sense. They depend on one another to keep their economy functioning. This binds them together even though they do not hold all of their values in common. This idea was Durkheim's main contribution to sociology, but it was not his only one. He also pioneered the use of statistics in sociology and he argued that society is a moral entity, not just a group of human beings acting in their rational self-interest. All of these are important contributions to sociolog...
