Question

According to Durkheim, mechanical solidarity is when people are part of a growing social order; while organic solidarity is when people in communities are characterized as cogs in a social machine. True False

Answer 1

Answer: True

Explanation: The concepts of solidarity were developed by Emile Durkheim. According to him, the type of social solidarity(be it mechanical or orgsnic) correlates with type of society, which are mechanical and organic societies.

Mechanical solidarity usually exists in small societies among people with similar lifestyles i.e. people feel connected through the experience of engaging in similar work, educational and religious training as well as matching lifestyle.

Organic solidarity on the other hand exists in modern and industrial societies. It is social solidarity based on the dependence of individuals on each other in advanced societies. While individuals perform different tasks and often have differing values and interests, the solidarity of such a society depends on their reliance on each other to perform their specified tasks. Thus, organic solidarity is maintained in more complex societies when each of the component parts perform their tasks to function as one whole entity.

Answer 2

Answer: False

Durkheim's view of Mechanical Solidarity was explained to be a force like union that facilitates members of the society to cooperate, it is likened to be like the internal energies causing molecules to cohere in a solid while Organic Solidarity occurs out of individual's necessity for one another's services thus immense division of labor