Question

gemi is a member of a small indonesian tribe. she works ten hours a day, farming with fellow community members. meanwhile, everyones children attend the same school where they are taught the villages customs and morals. at the end of the day everyone goes home and eats the same type of food. durkheim would say this is an example of ___.
mechanical solidarity
organic solidarity
proletariat
class consciousness
question 28
2 pts
industrial societies are characterized as:
societies that relied on production of material goods
societies that relied on the production of information and services
societies that relied on the domestication of animals as a resource for survival
societies that contained a strict hierarchal system based on power based around land ownership and protection

Explanation:

• First question:
• Mechanical solidarity, as defined by Durkheim, occurs in simpler societies (like the small Indonesian tribe described) where people have similar tasks (farming together), share common values (taught in the school), and have a collective consciousness. There is a low division of labor, and people are united by similarity, which matches the scenario.
• Organic solidarity is for more complex societies with a high division of labor. Proletariat is a class in Marxist theory (working - class who don't own the means of production). Class consciousness is about a class's awareness of its position in society.
• Second question:
• Industrial societies are known for their reliance on the production of material goods through factories and industrial processes.
• Societies that rely on the production of information and services are more characteristic of post - industrial societies. Societies that relied on the domestication of animals are pastoral or early agricultural (not industrial). Societies with a strict hierarchal system based on land ownership and protection are more feudal in nature.

Answer:

• First question: Mechanical solidarity
• Second question: Societies that relied on production of material goods