Question.869 - Emile Durkheim believed that religion promotes social cohesion, social control, and prevents individuals from experiencing anomie. However, he also believed that religious belief was in decline and might even disappear, in which society would need new institutions to promote social cohesion. What other, non-religious institutions, organizations, or other social phenomena can you think of that might play the same function that Durkheim ascribed to religion? Choose and describe at least two, and explain how they play this important function in society. German sociologist and political economist Max Weber (1864–1920), in his seminal work, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, believed religion to be a precipitator of social change. Critique his approach and argue against his view point to show that changes in religious ideals did not create capitalism.
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Laureen xxxxxxxxxxx -Discussion xxxxx Durkheim xxxxxxxx that xxxxxxxx promotes xxxxxx cohesion xxxxxx control xxx prevents xxxxxxxxxxx from xxxxxxxxxxxx anomie xxxxxxx he xxxx believed xxxx religious xxxxxx was xx decline xxx might xxxx disappear xx which xxxxxxx would xxxx new xxxxxxxxxxxx to xxxxxxx social xxxxxxxx What xxxxx non-religious xxxxxxxxxxxx organizations xx other xxxxxx phenomena xxx you xxxxx of xxxx might xxxx the xxxx function xxxx Durkheim xxxxxxxx to xxxxxxxx Choose xxx describe xx least xxx and xxxxxxx how xxxx play xxxx important xxxxxxxx in xxxxxxx Emile xxxxxxxx believed xxxx religion xxx an xxxxxxxxx component xx social xxxxxxxx and xxxxxx a xxxxxxxx role xx shaping xxxxxxx by xxxxxxxxx a xxxxxx sense xx identity xxxxx values xxx beliefs xxxxxxxx also xxxxxxxx that xxx decline xx religious xxxxxx in xxxxxx society xxxxx lead xx anomie xx a xxxx of xxxxx which xxxxx threaten xxxxxx order xxxxx are xxxxxxx non-religious xxxxxxxxxxxx organizations xxx other xxxxxx phenomena xxxx can xxxxx to xxx development xx society xxx establish xxxxxxxxx norms xxx example xx a xxxxxxxxxxxxx institution xxxx can xxxx a xxxx in xxxxxxxxx social xxxxxxxx is xxx educational xxxxxx Schools xxx universities xxxxxxx a xxxxxx experience xxx socialization xxxxxxx that xxxxx shape xxxxxxxxxx identities xxx collective xxxxx and xxxxxx Aside xxxx promoting xxxxxx solidarity xxxxxxxxx plays x significant xxxx in xxx transmission xx knowledge xxxxxx and xxxxxxxx capital xxxxx contributes xx the xxxxxxxxxxxx of xxxxxx structures xxxxxxxxx Another xxxxxxx of x non-religious xxxxxxxxxxx that xxx promote xxxxxx cohesion xx the xxxxxxxxx system xxxxxxxxx systems xxxxxxx social xxxxxxx through xxx establishment xx laws xxx regulations xxxxxxxx provides x framework xxx public xxxxxx and xxxxx a xxxxxxx role xx shaping xxxxxxxxxx identity xxxxxx norms xxxxxxxx a xxxxxx sense xx purpose xxx goals xxxxxxxx thus xxxxxxxx a xxxxxx mechanism xxxx ensures xxx participation xxx representation xx diverse xxxxxx within xxxxxxx While xxxxxxxx may xxxx played x significant xxxx in xxxxxxx society xx the xxxx modern xxxxxxxxx require x diversity xx institutions xxx organizations xx promote xxxxxx cohesion xxx protect xxxxxx welfare xxxxxxxxxx German xxxxxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxxx economist xxx Weber xx his xxxxxxx work xxx Protestant xxxxx and xxx Spirit xx Capitalism xxxxxxxx religion xx be x precipitator xx social xxxxxx Critique xxx approach xxx argue xxxxxxx his xxxx point xx show xxxx changes xx religious xxxxxx did xxx create xxxxxxxxxx Max xxxxxxx argument xx The xxxxxxxxxx Ethic xxx the xxxxxx of xxxxxxxxxx has xxxx criticized xxx challenged xxxxxxxxxxxx the xxxx that xxxxxxxx was xxx driving xxxxx behind xxx development xx capitalism xxxxxxx scholars xxxx argued xxxx capitalism xxxxx as x result xx technological xxxxxxxxxxxx changing xxxxxxxx systems xxx political xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx One xxxxx of xxxxxxxxx in xxxxxxx approach xx that xx overlooks xxx role xx pre-existing xxxxxxxx systems xx the xxxxxxxxx of xxxxxxxxxx Capitalism xxx not xxxxxx from x vacuum xxx rather xx evolved xxxx pre-existing xxxxxxxx systems xxxx provided xxx foundation xxx the xxxxxxxxxxxx of xxxxxxx Thompson xxxx is xxxxxxxxx by xxx fact xxxx there xxxx significant xxxxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxx activities xx medieval xxxxxx that xxxxxxxx the xxxxxxxxxx for xxx emergence xx modern xxxxxxxxxx Braudel xxxxx observations xxxxx to xxx fact xxxx religion xxx not x major xxxxxx of xxxxxx changes xxxx capitalism xxxxxxx point xx Weber's xxxxxxxx is xxxx it xx Eurocentric xxx does xxx consider xxx global xxxxxxxxxxx of xxxxxxxxxx The xxxxxxxxx of xxxxxx capitalism xxx not xxxxxx the xxxxxx of xxx conditions xx Western xxxxxx but xxxxxx a xxxxxx process xxxx involved xxx exchange xx goods xxxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxxxx across xxxxxxxxx parts xx the xxxxx Pomeranz xxxxxxxxxx did xxx emerge xx a xxxxxx of x singular xxxxx or xxxxxx but xxxxxx it xxx the xxxxxx of x historical xxxxxxx of xxxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxxxxx involving xxxxxxxx political xxx cultural xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Wallerstein xxxx it xxx be xxxxxx that xxxxx religion xxx have xxxxxx a xxxx in xxxxxxx the xxxxxxxx and xxxxx foundations xx capitalism xx was xxx the xxxxxxx force xxxxxx its xxxxxxxxx Reference xxxxxxx F xxx Wheels xx Commerce xxxxxxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxxxx th- xx Century xxxxxx Row xxxxxxxxxx S x Multiple xxxxxxxxxxx Daedalus x Inglehart x Modernization xxx postmodernization xxxxxxxx economic xxx political xxxxxx in xxxxxxxxx Princeton xxxxxxxxxx Press xxxxxxxx K xxx Great xxxxxxxxxx China xxxxxx and xxx Making xx the xxxxxx World xxxxxxx Princeton xxxxxxxxxx Press xxxxxxxx E x The xxxxx Economy xx the xxxxxxx Crowd xx the xxxxxxxxxx Century xxxx Present x Wallerstein x World-Systems xxxxxxxx An xxxxxxxxxxxx Duke xxxxxxxxxx PressMore Articles From Sociology
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