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 Mills 169 (A26) Mills 169 (A26)
  
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 * Patterns of society, institutions, rules, and norms, in other words, social facts, exist because they **function** as part of a total system. It does not necessarily matter what people believe the purpose or reason for a social fact is. It stays in place because it reinforces other patterns, and the society as a whole. Many social facts exist because they reinforce mechanical or organic solidarity.  * Patterns of society, institutions, rules, and norms, in other words, social facts, exist because they **function** as part of a total system. It does not necessarily matter what people believe the purpose or reason for a social fact is. It stays in place because it reinforces other patterns, and the society as a whole. Many social facts exist because they reinforce mechanical or organic solidarity. 
 * **Sacred and profane**: All societies must have at least one social fact, the distinction between sacred and profane. Sacred things are things set aside and forbidden. Profane things are normal, everyday things with no special meaning or importance.  * **Sacred and profane**: All societies must have at least one social fact, the distinction between sacred and profane. Sacred things are things set aside and forbidden. Profane things are normal, everyday things with no special meaning or importance. 
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 +## Durkheim and relativism ##
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 +Is Durkheim saying that the sacred is whatever people in a society say is sacred? 
  
 ## Why must a society worship itself? ## ## Why must a society worship itself? ##
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 * In an experiment, people who refused recycled water would accept it when they were told a story that included the idea that recycled water would sit underground for one year before entering the water system.  * In an experiment, people who refused recycled water would accept it when they were told a story that included the idea that recycled water would sit underground for one year before entering the water system. 
 * Even in spite of the facts, people only could understand the process of recycling water through symbols.  * Even in spite of the facts, people only could understand the process of recycling water through symbols. 
-* Symbols guide how people think and act. [[:Emile Durkheim]] and [[:Max Weber]] each offer explanations for why. +* Symbols guide how people think and act. [[:Emile Durkheim]] and [[:Max Weber]] each offer explanations for why. 
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 +## Different kinds of social actions ##  
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 +* Waiting for the train. Standing on the platform.  
 +* Offering your seat to a pregnant woman. 
 +* Buying a coffee for a friend. 
 +* Sending a get-well card. 
 +* Sending a text to Mom and Dad. 
 +* Signing a petition. 
 +* Donating money to [[https://www.unicef.org.nz/vanuatu|cyclone relief for Vanuatu]]. 
 +* Buying ramen. 
  
 ## Max Weber and the action perspective on society ## ## Max Weber and the action perspective on society ##
  
 * In order for society to exist, individuals must act, and patterns of action must develop.  * In order for society to exist, individuals must act, and patterns of action must develop. 
-* Sociology should look at the basis for people's actions and choices, or what specific forms of action mean to a person, and give them a motivation to act.  +* Sociology should look at the basis for people's actions and choices, or what specific forms of action mean to a person, and give them a motivation to act. 
-* In another sense, Weber looks at society from the ground up, and asks how individuals fit into social systems. +   * There are four main types of action: traditional, affective, value-rational, and instrumentally rational. 
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 +* In another sense, Weber looks at society from the ground up, and asks how individuals fit into social systems.
 * Weber: "methodological individualism"; Durkheim: "methodological holism". * Weber: "methodological individualism"; Durkheim: "methodological holism".
  
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