Exam 1 - Charts/Tables

Ferdinand Tonnies

Old World

• Gemeinschaft (rural)

• Village

• We

• Whole person

• Group interest

• Church

New World

• Gesellschaft (urban)

• Society/city world

• I

• Narrow role

• Self interest

• Science

Max Weber

Substantive rationality

• Asian

• Traditional

• Whole person

• Altruism - consideration of others

Instrumental formal rationality

• Western

• Science/progress

• Narrow role

• Egoism - Iron cage of bureaucracy; means to an end

Great Transformation

Old World

• Church

• Rural

• Monarchy

• Agriculture

• We

• Whole person

• Rights of kings

• Feudalism

New World

• Science

• Suburbs/Urban

• Democracy

• Industry → Service

• I

• Narrow role

• Universal rights

• Capitalism

How do we have the order of the Old World with the freedom of the New World?

Emile Durkheim

Mechanical Solidarity

• Sameness

• We

• Rural

• Whole person

• Science will save us - realize through science our mutual interdependence + honor our rights to exist

• Feudalism

Organic Solidarity

• Difference

• I

• Urban

• Narrow role

• Anomie - confused about the right way to live

• Capitalisim

1 square

life is a game its not fair and the system makes your life

2 structuralism square

life’s a game and structure determines outcome

EX: class, gender, race

3 conflict square

life is a game and the game is not fair

rules are not known by all and they do not apply equal to all

4 functuonalisim square

life is a game and the game is fair

rules are known by all answers the rules apply the same to everyone