A spontaneous organic society is a society that encourages individuality. Like the principle of an organic solidarity, spontaneity allows people to be able to move around in a society without restrictions due to external causes. Understanding of the abnormal forms of division of labor is crucial in understanding the archetypes of a well-functioning society. There are two well-functioning society, mechanical solidarity and organic solidarity societies. In organic solidarity society, there are two abnormal forms of the division of labor, anomic and forced division of labor.
Social inequality per Durkheim is an inequality that prevents individuals from achieving idealistic society, an organic solidary society. Unlike natural inequality which …show more content…
External inequality does not lead to spontaneity. External inequality prevents persons from achieving what they could have otherwise encouraged to do, such as to be their own individuals or to be interdependent on others who are fulfilling other roles in the society. Therefore, it is necessary to solve the problem of external inequality to achieve an organic …show more content…
He emphasizes the problem of modern society as class struggle. Marx writes that “the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles… oppressor and oppressed [standing in constant opposition to one another], (473-4)” as he is dedicated to the idea that societies are born of class struggles throughout the history. With contemporary capitalism in a modern society, proletariats do not participate in voluntary activity but becomes owned by “an alien power opposed to him, which enslaves him instead of being controlled by him (160).” Proletariats, the class that earns with the labor, are forced to work under the demand of the bourgeoisie, the class that owns the means of the production. Moreover, Marx believes in the dialectical theory of history, a type of history that does not move in a linear fashion, but moves forward and changes because of the contradictions that exist at the time. With dialectical history, new classes constantly form, tensions consequently implode, and stability is not reached. For instance, Marx is confident that the result of the class struggle would combust the classes and form new classes. Marx explains in Communist Manifesto that the bourgeoisie had to “constantly [revolutionize] the instruments of production (476)” for the classes of the modern society to survive; yet, the constant revolution caused overproduction that was “bound to be exploded
Social inequality per Durkheim is an inequality that prevents individuals from achieving idealistic society, an organic solidary society. Unlike natural inequality which …show more content…
External inequality does not lead to spontaneity. External inequality prevents persons from achieving what they could have otherwise encouraged to do, such as to be their own individuals or to be interdependent on others who are fulfilling other roles in the society. Therefore, it is necessary to solve the problem of external inequality to achieve an organic …show more content…
He emphasizes the problem of modern society as class struggle. Marx writes that “the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles… oppressor and oppressed [standing in constant opposition to one another], (473-4)” as he is dedicated to the idea that societies are born of class struggles throughout the history. With contemporary capitalism in a modern society, proletariats do not participate in voluntary activity but becomes owned by “an alien power opposed to him, which enslaves him instead of being controlled by him (160).” Proletariats, the class that earns with the labor, are forced to work under the demand of the bourgeoisie, the class that owns the means of the production. Moreover, Marx believes in the dialectical theory of history, a type of history that does not move in a linear fashion, but moves forward and changes because of the contradictions that exist at the time. With dialectical history, new classes constantly form, tensions consequently implode, and stability is not reached. For instance, Marx is confident that the result of the class struggle would combust the classes and form new classes. Marx explains in Communist Manifesto that the bourgeoisie had to “constantly [revolutionize] the instruments of production (476)” for the classes of the modern society to survive; yet, the constant revolution caused overproduction that was “bound to be exploded