karl marx and durkheim

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Religion

 

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Aisha R

 

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December 31, 2013

 

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University

 

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Durkheim believed that religion was no more than a reflection of the human need to be part of a community. He suggested that all societies needed to reaffirm their collective unity at times, He argued that traditional societies were 'mechanical' and were held together by the fact that everyone was more or less the same, and hence had things in common...
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In traditional societies, argues Durkheim, the collective consciousness entirely subsumes individual consciousness--social norms are strong and social behavior is well-regulated. In modern societies, he argued, the highly complex division of labor resulted in 'organic' solidarity. Different specializations in employment and social roles created dependencies that tied people to one another, since people no longer could count on filling all of their needs by themselves...
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