The Division of Labour in Society

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The Division of Labour in Society is Émile Durkheim’s foundational sociological work that analyzes how increasing specialization in modern societies transforms social cohesion and the nature of social solidarity.

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instanceOf book
sociological work
analyzes increasing specialization of labour
transition from traditional to modern societies
arguesThat division of labour is a source of social solidarity
modern societies are held together by organic solidarity
traditional societies are held together by mechanical solidarity
author Émile Durkheim
centralConcept collective conscience
claimsThat repressive law predominates in societies with mechanical solidarity
restitutive law predominates in societies with organic solidarity
contributedTo establishment of sociology as an academic discipline
countryOfOrigin France
discipline sociology
discusses anomic division of labour
forced division of labour
distinguishes repressive law
restitutive law
examines moral regulation in modern societies
relationship between individualism and social cohesion
focusesOn integration of individuals in complex societies
moral basis of social order
followedBy The Rules of Sociological Method
genre social theory
sociology
hasEnglishTranslation The Division of Labour in Society self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Division of Labor in Society
influenced 20th-century sociology
structural functionalism
introducesConcept abnormal forms of the division of labour
mainTopic division of labour
law and society
modernity
social cohesion
social differentiation
social solidarity
originalLanguage French
originalTitle The Division of Labour in Society self-linksurface differs
surface form: De la division du travail social
partOf Durkheim’s early major works
placeOfPublication Paris
proposesConcept mechanical solidarity
organic solidarity
publicationYear 1893
publisher Alcan
relatedWork Suicide
theoreticalApproach functionalism

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Émile Durkheim notableWork The Division of Labour in Society
The Division of Labour in Society originalTitle The Division of Labour in Society self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: De la division du travail social
The Division of Labour in Society hasEnglishTranslation The Division of Labour in Society self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Division of Labor in Society
Suicide: A Study in Sociology relatedWork The Division of Labour in Society
The Elementary Forms of Religious Life relatedWorkByAuthor The Division of Labour in Society
this entity surface form: The Division of Labor in Society