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A-Level SOCIOLOGY Mind Map on DURKHEIM 2, created by R N on 17/04/2017.

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DURKHEIM 2Feelings, moral rules and the commonconscienceThinkings and feelings are always moralMoral - broad term meaning a whole range of emotions that constrain what people doMoral rules work as moral imperativesWhy we do things we may not want todoe.g. Wearing tight corsets to create the hour glassfigureDrinking alcoholSo powerful because society is so much bigger thanusObligations of society are so dominantWeight of public opinion - make us do thingsCircularity in the relationshipsThe relationship makes the society and the society makes the feelings which make the consciences whichmake the relationshipsSocial FactsThe existence of social realities outside of the individualAlso, exist before the individualThey are things and not ideas - they have physicalsubstanceHealthy societies - normalUnhealthy societies - pathological - social conditions deviateCrimeOffends strong and defined states of the collectiveconsciousnessWhat counts as criminal is relative to the shared dominant beliefs insocietyA thief is a thief because of how those actions relate to commonly held ideas about the ownership ofpropertyCrime is present in all societies of all types and isnormalIntegral part of all healthy societiesCrime is functional - allows societies to reaffirm the values of the commonconscienceNecessary toprogressEvolution - Gay marriage is now accepted when it was notpreviouslyPunishmentMechanical solidarityPenal lawsRepressive sanctionsInflict harmReinforce the commonconscienceOrganic solidarityContract lawRestitutive sanctionsPunishment fits the crimeRegulates relationshipsAims to restore life to how it was before thecrimeSuicideSocial phenomenon not an individual oneSome suicide is normalFour typesEgotisticAnomicAltruisticFatalisticLevel of suicide is related to the level of socialintegrationUnmarried people committed suicide more than marriedPeople without children committed morePeople committed suicide more during economic recession and boomFewer attachments tosocietySociety that does not put enough constraints on an individualAspire to things they may not be able toachieveSuicide for the good of society - such a strongbondSo many constraints that they see little point continuingAnomieDe-moralisationBreak down in social bondsMismatch of norms of society with norms of anindividualSocial suicide rateQuota depends on societystructureThe rate is a social fact that can beobservedHence, suicide is normalReligionSystem of beliefsForbids certain ways of actingSeparation between sacred and profane thingsWe created religionsIdea of God was used to describe SocietyMoral individualismWorked that a break down in religious solidarity would lead to individualismDouble click this nodeto edit the textClick and drag this buttonto create a new node