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1002:3.1.1 [2019/09/22 16:18] – [Durkheim and Mauss] Ryan Schram (admin)1002:3.1.1 [2020/02/14 17:17] – [Durkheim and Mauss] Ryan Schram (admin)
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 ## Durkheim and Mauss ## Durkheim and Mauss
  
-**[[:Emile Durkheim]]** is a founding figure of sociology and anthropology+ 
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 +**[[:Emile Durkheim]]** is a founding figure of sociology and anthropology 
  
 * He wanted to analyze [[:society|society]] as an objective fact * He wanted to analyze [[:society|society]] as an objective fact
 * Society is a collective consciousness, like the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg_%28Star_Trek%29#Borg_Collective|Borg]], from *Star Trek* (yes).  * Society is a collective consciousness, like the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg_%28Star_Trek%29#Borg_Collective|Borg]], from *Star Trek* (yes). 
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 **[[:Marcel Mauss]]** was a nephew and student of Durkheim **[[:Marcel Mauss]]** was a nephew and student of Durkheim
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 * Applied a Durkheimian analysis to economic activity * Applied a Durkheimian analysis to economic activity
 * [[:Reciprocity]] is an obligation underlying many if not all transactions * [[:Reciprocity]] is an obligation underlying many if not all transactions
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 ## Western culture and social reality ## Western culture and social reality
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 * Children are taught to be individuals.  * Children are taught to be individuals. 
  
-* Society and its rules is something that one should be able to choose. +* Society and its rules are always external infringements on personal freedom. 
  
 ### Social reality ### Social reality