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This document discusses Emile Durkheim's views on the role of education systems in promoting social solidarity. It provides context on Durkheim's background and career in France as a sociologist. The document then analyzes how education functions to promote solidarity in Indian schools, drawing on the author's personal experiences. It explores how Durkheim believed education could strengthen social cohesion by transmitting shared values and norms to new generations.

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This document discusses Emile Durkheim's views on the role of education systems in promoting social solidarity. It provides context on Durkheim's background and career in France as a sociologist. The document then analyzes how education functions to promote solidarity in Indian schools, drawing on the author's personal experiences. It explores how Durkheim believed education could strengthen social cohesion by transmitting shared values and norms to new generations.

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1. TAYLORISM : A MISINTERPRETED OON OR AN


IN!"MAN ANE
Welcome to Mc Donalds Sir/Madam! a mechanically beaming cashier
greets each customer at Mc Donalds outlets and proceeds to take the order.
n the same put!on cheer"ulness# the cashier takes the order $ith an addition
o" the regular o""ers and %uestions like Would you like some e&tra cheese on
your burger sir' (s the order is "inali)ed# it is $ired to a backend monitor
$here another employee rapidly assembles the re%uired items onto a plastic
tray by the counter in an e""icient manner $ith brisk strides back and "orth
"rom behind the color"ul "a*ade o" machines and blo$n up menu cards. (t the
back# in the kitchen# each employee is $orking on one product at a gi+en time.
,he entire outlet $orks in sync# like a single machine to gi+e "ast "oods an all
ne$ dimension and e""iciency. ,he $orking o" Mc Donalds is an e&ample o"
,aylorism in todays $orld.
Scienti"ic Management methodologies# also kno$n as ,aylorism $as
de+eloped by -rederick Winslo$ ,aylor. ,here are "our core management
principles $hich ha+e been put "orth by ,aylor. n a company like Mc Donalds#
the principles are incorporated in the $orking o" the outlet.
-irst . De+elop a science "or each element o" a mans $ork# $hich replaces the
old rule!o"!thumb method. n McDonalds# there is a science behind each
employees role $hich makes the system o" burger creation robust across
places# be it the $elcome or the amount the burger cutlet is "ried.
Second . Scienti"ically select and then train# teach and de+elop the $orkman#
$hereas in the past he chose his o$n $ork and trained himsel" as best he
could. /ach employee undergoes training to "unction in a certain manner in Mc
Donalds# he cannot add e&tra celery to impro+e the taste o" a burger as the
recipe is handed to him and he must comply
,hird. 0eartily cooperate $ith men to ensure all $ork being done in
accordance $ith the principles o" the science $hich has been de+eloped. /+ery
employee at Mc Donalds does his role in the creation o" the order in
synchrony to pre+ent any delay to the customer. (ll the rules laid out are
"ollo$ed to the $ord.
-ourth. ,here is an almost e%ual di+ision o" the $ork and the responsibility
bet$een management and $ork. ,he members o" management take o+er all
$ork "or $hich they are better "itted than the $orkmen# $hile in the past
almost all o" the $ork and the greater part o" the responsibility $ere thro$n
upon the men. ,here are instances $hen the employees cannot cope $ith the
rush that comes into Mc Donalds. n such situations# managers do not hesitate
to take an order and assemble the same on the tray i" necessary.
,hese are the "our principles $hich generated high e""iciency in "actories $hen
implemented. 1+er the last century# se+eral theorists ha+e argued the pros
and cons o" the scienti"ic management theory o" ,aylor.
( school o" thought belie+es that a myth has arisen o+er the years that ,aylors
$ork is a ma2or cause "or dehumani)ing the $orkplace. 1ne o" the aspects to
be considered according to this +ie$point is the $orkplace scenario at the time
o" creation o" this theory. Workers in ,aylors day minimi)ed $hat they
accomplished to assure the employment o" their "riends and neighbors. 3y
getting rid o" slo$!$orking and 4soldiering in all its "orms and realigning the
relationship bet$een the employer and employed# ,aylor managed to increase
the output o" each man and machine by nearly 1556. 73rogan# 85119 Scienti"ic
management philosophy must be +ie$ed $ith its emphasis upon the human
element# not generally associated $ith ,aylor73utler# 1::19.
n the $ords o" ,aylor# ;o$ in its essence# Scienti"ic Management in+ol+es a
complete mental re+olution on the part o" the $orkingman engaged in any
particular establishment or industry < a complete mental re+olution on the
part o" these men as to their duties to$ards their $ork# to$ards their
"ello$men and to$ards their employees 0e goes on to say that there must
me a change in the mindset o" the management as $ell to$ards the sub
ordinates and all the issues they "ace on a daily basis.
Many o" the scorned practices o" scienti"ic management may in "act be those
per"ormed by practitioners $ho are dishonest and opportunistic and used their
intelligence to e&ploit their subordinates. While it is belie+ed that ,aylor
preached treating employees inhumanly and like machinery in the
organi)ation# he in "act treated them like indi+iduals and addressed issues o"
class di""erences through his theory. 0e promoted gi+ing "air pay to an
employee and didnt belie+e in e&ploiting the $orker $ith more $ork "or lesser
$ages. t is also belie+e that money $as the only incenti+e "or the $orkers
$hen actually he treated the issue o" $ages as only a management problem
and ensured that people are $ell!paid.
Many o" the other tenets o" Scienti"ic management $ere considered to be
remarkable in impro+ing the $ork place. 0e e&pected his managers to kno$
the $ork better than their employees. 73rogan# 85119 ,he theory o" goal
setting goes back to scienti"ic management. ,aylors used o" tasks $as a
"orerunner to modern!day goal setting 7=ocke#1:>89. (n interesting aspect o"
,aylorism is the special consideration "or "emale $orkers. n ,aylors time# they
$ere made to $ork "or a salary $hich $as >56 to 1556 more than their male
counterpart. ,hey $orked "or t$o hours lesser each day and had "our
recreation periods in a day along $ith Saturdays being hal" day.
,he supporters o" ,aylor thus belie+ed that o+er the years# the concepts o"
Scienti"ic management ha+e been bungled up and i" properly "ollo$ed can
bene"it the organi)ation tremendously. (nother school o" thought belie+es
that ,aylors theory is a philosophy $hich is inhuman and reduces the spirit o"
man to a cog in the "unctioning o" the organi)ation.
?ose re"ers to ,aylors 4crippled and obsessional psyche $hile 3ra+erman
belie+ed he $as a 4neurotic crank.73ahnisch# 85559. n ,aylors time# the
bourgeois "eared the undisciplined and dangerous bodies o" $orkers and
"ound it a threat to the society. ,hus through separating the intelligence o" the
2ob "rom the $orker and making him mechanically "ollo$ the 4best practices#
he sub2ected them to the bourgeois. ;ot 2ust this# he used his methods to bring
order to their mo+ements and gestures. n the place o" autonomy# money and
a se&ed# classed identity $ould su""ice "or the $orking sub2ect. ,aylor# in the
opinion o" this second school# did not belie+e that the $orkman possessed the
intellect to do his 2ob e""ecti+ely and hence needs to be told e&actly $hat to do
by the management $ho possessed the intellect to percei+e the best practices
"or the gi+en 2ob. Most o" the principles put "orth by ,aylor ha+e been
critici)ed as in inhuman and spoke o" as reducing a $orker to a brainless cog in
the "unctioning o" the organi)ation.
(n industry $here ,aylorism is "ollo$ed today is in call centers $here the
$orkers ha+e to per"orm mental labour and respond to %uestions e&actly as
directed by the managers. ,he $ork is repetiti+e and the $orker cannot
de+iate "rom the decided standard ans$ers. ,hus in spite o" belie"s that
,aylors principles are arcane# they are +ery much in e&istence today. Whether
his principles ha+e been touted inhuman or ha+e been lauded "or helping the
organi)ation# it is e+ident that ,aylors Scienti"ic management principles added
tremendous +alue to the "ield o" 1rgani)ation theory. ,hrough his analysis and
keen perception he de+eloped model mo+ements in the human body "or each
role the $orker per"orms $hich $ould enhance e""iciency to the ma&imum. 0is
contributions took care o" $orker "atigue and impro+ed their per"ormance.
Some belie+e that his principles are e&cellent and ha+e been misinterpreted
through the ages $hile others belie+e that they $ere do$nright inhuman.
/ither $ays# -rederick Winslo$ ,aylor $ill al$ays be kno$n "or being the
"ather o" Scienti"ic Management.
Referen#es
1. 3rogan# 8511 < /&onerating -redrick ,aylor < @esse. W. 3rogan# ndustrial#
;o+ember 8511
8. 3utler# 1::1 < -rederick Winslo$ ,aylor. the -ather o" Scienti"ic
Management and 0is Ahilosophy ?e+isited < B. ?. 3utler# ndustrial
Management# May/@une 1::1
C. =ocke#1:>8 ! ,he ideas o" -rederick W ,aylor . (n /+aluation# (cademy o"
Management ?e+ie$# @anuary 1:>8
D. 3ahnisch# 8555 ! /mbodied Work# Di+ided =abour. Sub2ecti+ity and the
Scienti"ic Management o" the 3ody in -rederick W. ,aylorEs 1:5F =ecture on
Management ! Mark 3ahnisch# 3ody and Society# Gol H# ;o 1
$% E&u#ational S'stem(s role in so#ial soli&arit'
Durkheim throughout his li"e $as concerned about the social "abric that $ill hold the society
tohether. ha+e $rittent his paper tryng to e&plain ho$ the /ducation ndustry7the $ords in itsel"
are a parado& to be used together9 is "unctioning to promote solidarity# $ith special re"erence to
ndian Schools. ha+e also included the incidents that ha+e personally e&perienced during my
schooling.
DI?J0/M. /milee Durkheim $as born in 1>K># in Lpinal in -rance# and died in 1:1F# to a +ery
traditional -amily. 0is "ather $as a ?abbi and he $as supposed to "ollo$ suit# till he lost "aith $hen
in
college. ,hough# he regained his religious "aith in @udaism later in his li"e. n EF:# he $as admitted
to the Lcole ;ormale SupMrieure. 0e $as "or some time a pro"essor at the Ini+ersity o" 3ordeau&.
,hen he became politically acti+e in the 1:D5s Ncorrection. 1:>DO# especially in the so!called
Drey"us (""air. ,hen in 1:58# he became pro"essor at the Ini+ersity o" Aaris# $hich is not %uite as
distinguished as Lcole ;ormale SupMrieure. Durkheim $as scienti"i%ue# in the sense o" being +ery
rigorous in his analysis. 0is son $as killed in the $ar# and shortly a"ter this he died in Aaris.
,he young Durkheim has been a "unctionalist and a positi+ist# and then late in his li"e he has!!his
epistemological turn!!he became a cultural analyst789. DurkheimEs impact $as much more "ocused
on sociology. n E:C he $rote a dissertation# $hich probably is still his most in"luential book# ,he
Di+ision o" =abor in Society# his Ah.D. dissertation#E:K# it $as "ollo$ed by ,he ?ules o"
Sociological Method# $hich is his most positi+istic statement. ,he Di+ision o" =abor is his most
"unctionalist $ork. (nd then in E:F he $rote Suicide. Suicide is a +ery important book because itEs
really the "irst piece o" rigorous empirical social science# $hich takes a +ery unusual# +ery rare
phenomenon. n 1:1K he $rote this book#,he /lementary -orms o" ?eligious =i"e# $hich is a ma2or
break in his $ork# and sho$s his rene$ed interest in the spiritual and the metaphysical. W0=/
Mar& and Weber are con"lict theorists# Durkheim is a theorist $hich tries to understand $hat holds
society together.
3e"ore begin my analysis# t$o basic concepts nead to be understood# they are ,he =a$ in Are!
modern and Modern Societies and Mechanical Solidarity and 1rganic Solidarity
T)e La* in Pre+mo&ern an& Mo&ern So#ieties
Durkheim begins the analysis by taking the la$ as the point o" departure. the argument is then in
pre!modern societies the la$ $hich e&isted is primarily a repressi+e or penal la$
in modern society
,he legal system is based on contractP the essence o" modern legal system is contract. tEs not that
$e do not ha+e a penal code!!right'!!the penal code sur+i+es. 3ut $hat is no+el is contractual la$#
$hich is restituti+eP $hich is not about punishing e+il# but simply restitute the damage somebody#
by breaking a contract# caused to the other contracting partner.
Mar& $ould say it is a ne$ legal system $hich emerges $ith legal!! $ith capitalism# and Weber
$ould say this is the essence o" legal!rational authority.
Me#)ani#al Soli&arit' an& Organi# Soli&arit'
mechanical solidarity is $hich describes pre!modern societies# and this is a solidarity $hich is
based on the similarities o" the parts. Well this is $hy you can ha+e a penal la$# because a penal la$
does not make a distinction bet$een contractual partnersP it assumes a sameness o" the group as
such. (nd mechanical solidarity!!right'!!as said# is primarily based that $e see oursel+es similar
in the group. 1rganic solidarity# so $ill Durkheim argue# is one $hich is based on di""erences in
society. ( higher le+el o" di+ision o" labor in society produces organic solidarity. 1rganic# he meant#
it is a kind o" biological analogy.
much like WeberEs notion o" traditional authority and legal!rational authority# he is also using this to
understand society!!social solidarities in contemporary li"e. So mechanical solidarity does e&ist in
contemporary society as $ell. (nd he makes this re"erence to "inding a marital partner# $hom $e
$ant to date $ith# and $hom $e consider to marry
Dur,)eim an& S#)ooling:
n 1>:K /mile Durkheim# a -rench sociologist# sought to e&plain ho$ it $as possible "or some
societies to hold together despite the centri"ugal "orces unleashed byurbani)ation and
industriali)ation 7Durkheim# 1:>K9.,raditional communities# he argued#had been held together by a
mechanical solidarity# based on similarities among people. 3ut no$ in the 81st century# the
similarities ha+e become less important and less e+ident# as he had rightly redicted. ,here is
disparity and there is concentration o" po$er. ,he class struggle has taken a clear shape today.
,here are 8 groups in $hich the entire $orld can be di+ided# the pri+ileged and the Inderpri+ileged.
,hose in the Inderpri+ileged category has a budding unrest in it. (n ndication o" this unrest $as
nuclear "amilies increasing# strikes# lockouts# $age hike protests# increasing crime and iolence. s
the social "abric $eathering do$n' t is the +e&ed %uestion# but $hat is e+en important is ho$ it can
be repaired and put back in place.
Durkheim argued# some societies de+eloped a ne$"orm o" solidarity or cohesion# based on peoples
recognition o" their mutual dependency.0e likened this dependency to the relationship o" indi+idual
persons in a society to the parts o" a li+ing body. each organ must carry out its o$n "unction
properly to insure itso$n $el"are and that o" the other organs 7hence organic solidarity9. Durkheim
presents a dichotomy consisting o" t$o types o" social
bonds that e&ist in societies# i.e. social systems# in order "or societies to "unction coherentlyP
the mechanical solidarity and the organic solidarity $hich represents t$o types o" collecti+e
consciousness.
Mechanical solidarity is about ho$ la$# punishment and social norms o" right and $rong is
determined and e&ecuted and thus create con"ormity# uni"ormity# and social likeness in a
society. 1rganic solidarity is created by the di+ision o" labor among $orkers $ho ha+e
become speciali)ed indi+iduals that due to this sui generis# i.e. uni%ueness# are indi+idual and
less con"orm 7=ukes# p. 1KC9. ,his means that the more con"ormity and alignment o" the
collecti+e consciousness the more mechanical solidarity# and the more indi+iduali)ation in a
social system# the more organic solidarity.
7http.//studenttheses.cbs.dk/bitstream/handle/15D1F/8FK1/troelsQmQkranker.pd"'se%uenceR19
3ut# today the 1rgans ha+e been speci"ied# isolated and di""erentiated against. ,o e&plain this# lets
consider the 3lood "lo$ in the body as the prio+ileges in the society. ,he heart as it pumps the
blood $ould get the ma2or part o" the blood and hence en2oys highest pri+ileges# So does the 3rain
as it gets most o" the blood pumped "rom the heart. ,hen the hierarchy is "ollo$ed by the organs
like the =i+er and ntestine. ,hese are then "ollo$ed by the hands and then by legs# both o" $hom
recei+e considerabely less pri+ileges than these organs $ho ha+e a higher supply o" blood "lo$ and
the legs recei+e the least. ;o$# the hierarchy is established and o"course# the happiest $ould be
those $ith concentration o" blood. While the legs and the hands $ould be diossatis"ied# and may
re+olt. " they do so# the body $ould be ali+e but# $ould not be able to mo+e or li+e a happy li"e#
$hich is the ultimate goal.
,his is $here schooling may come in e+en in todayEs modern conte&t# $here di+ision o" labour is
clear and has sketched out lines. Durkheim hypothesised that Schooling is an important instrument
"or building organic solidarity# as it pro+ides indi+iduals kno$ledge and understanding o" the
comple&structure o" society and their place in it# and as it pro+ides the skills and +alues re%uired "or
participation in society. ,he role o" schooling in maintaining solidarity $as long neglected.
Pro-lems of So#ial .o)esion To&a'
With the ad+ent o" the ndustrial ?e+olution came Ethe 3u)) $ord o" De+elopmentE. (t the time
$hen Durkheim $orked on hid theories# ,he ndustrial ?e+olution had 2ust stared# and the process
o" migration "rom +illages and o$ns to cities had begun. 3ut no$ that so many yeas ha+e gone by#
the $orld is not 2ust E,he WorldE. t is a $orld that is an amalgamation o" Aoor Sountries# De+eoping
Sountries and De+eloped Sountries.
So $here does /ducation come in no$' n simple language# teach the star+ed to accumulate "ood#
teach the hungry to get "ood and teach the rich to respect "ood. ,he role that education system7no$
ndustry9 plays in maintaining social solidarity is immense. 3ut it should also be catering to the
demands o" di"erent people around the $orld. /&ample in countries $here clans "ight# education
may imbibe the +alue o" nationalism and not belonging to their clan# $here regions do# a shi"t "rom
regionalism or secessionism to nationalism and $here religions do# "rom belonging to a religion to
belonging to a nation or to the human race# and in all C cases maintaining peace# la$ and order and
social coheion.
Jeeping the $ork o" ;oel -. McBinn titled E/ducation Aolicies,o Aromote Social SohesionE#
published in (ugust 855F as my re"erence# ha+e di+ided the $orld in C categories# unlike the
Kcategories he does# and they are as "ollo$s.
,he "irst category is the relati+ely poor societies. ,hey are usually characterised by hostile#religios
and uneducated groups or segments o" people li+ing together. ,he economic resources are limited#
and hence these groups $ant to ha+e $hate+er they possibely can. ,he competition -1? A1W/?
(;D economic resources is clearly e+ident. Irbanistaion is limited and +iolence is usually
common. -or control o" the scanty resources# e+en Si+il $ars are not a rarity/&ample $ould be our
neighbousr like 3angladesh# Aakistan# Sri =anka and ohers like Timbab$e#Sudan# Syria and
Somalia# to name a "e$.
,he second category is the de+eloping Societies. ,hese are countires $ith Middl ncome and a
charecterised y disparity in ncome. ( clear section o" rich and poor e&it# $ith "riction amongst the
8 categories. ,he ones $ith the capital or the land or resources are the pri+ileged.ndustries are
de+elpoing at a "ast pace and $ith modernisation# the importance and +alue o" skilled labour is
coming do$n. ,he concentration o" $orker skill is less and hence lo$ on importance gi+en to
education. ,he di+ersity is imminent as most o" the $orkers# no$ city residents# $ere originally
"rom the +illages. ,his is so as they ha+e started de+eloping late. Isually# as an obser+ation# these
countris ha+e a dominanat clan or religion. Aolitical instability is lesser than then poor# but is still
signi"icant. ,he economic instability has someho$ not been absorbed in the society "ully. With the
ad+ent o" "oreign in+estments# these disarities ha+e e&ponentially gro$n. ,he social Sohesion is at
alarming le+els at places# -or /cample
Soncerns in =atin (merica about increasing ine%uality and social instability ha+e prompted
se+erale""orts to design policies to impro+e cohesion 7-eres U Gergara# 855HP nter!
(mericanDe+elopment 3ank# 855HP So2o U Itho""# 855H9. Sountries in this category
can becategori)ed as lo$ in both mechanical and organic solidarity. /&amples $ould be ndia#
3ra)il and South ("rica to name a "e$.
,he third category includes the De+eloped Sountries in the $orld. ,hese are usually the countries
$ho ha+e reaped the bene"its o" ndustrialisation early and ha+e thereby had a settled social
cohesion# and also political stability. n the past decade# though the social "abric has sho$n signs o"
$eakening.
,he Social Sontract is $eakening and so is the intimate relationships among people 7McAherson#
Smith!=o+in# U 3rashears# 855H9. ,he crime rates are alarming# $hich sho$s the concern "or the
society is on the decline. /+en though economic gro$th is e+ident and so is /ducational
opportunities7 $hich are considered to be the "actors presumed to produce cohesion9# the social
contract has de"initely $eakened.
E&u#ation
Social cohesion is in"luenced schooling and by the income ine%uality in the society. ,he income
ine%uality is a""ected by Inionism# ta&es# state policy#minimum $ages# collecti+e bargaining#
labour la$s and policies # as $ell as the le+el o" skill and e""iciency o" the $ork"orce# strictly related
to schooling./ducational 1pportunities depends on the proportion o" population reaching schools#
the disparity in the le+el o" education and employment opportunities etc. ( small but signi"icant
relationship is "ound bet$een educationaline%uality and rate o" +iolent crime 7Breen# Areston and
@anmaat et al.# 855H9
ndi+idual le+els o" education are signi"icantly correlated $ith measures o" attitudes o" tolerance
to$ards others# and tolerance is sometimes included as a measure o" social capital 7Autnam# 85559.
With greater tolerance $ill be greter peace and hence greater cohesion. ,his tolerance is directly
linked to mutual trust# +iolence and crime rates. ,he impact o"education is +isible as. educational
programs in a number o" countries ha+e reduced the public e&pression o" racist +ie$s 70agendoorn
U ;ekuee# 1:::9# and to a certain e&tent e+ent the racist opinions and perspecti+e may ha+e
declined $ith their public e&pressions.
Breen et al.7NBreen#855C# V8FP Breen# 855HVDF9O concluded that the impact o" the sociali)ation
e""ect o" education is mediated by the e&tent to $hich the structure o" the education system
contributes to achie+ement o" e%ual educational outcomes and opportunities. 0e also identi"ied
se+eral "actors that contribute to e%ual educational outcomes. ,hese include a single national
curriculum# te&tbooks andassessment methods# non!selecti+e neighborhood schools that recei+e
e%uali)ed "unding"rom a central ministry# and public attitudes that all children are competent.
Selection o" students is delayed until upper secondary. ne%uality is higher in systems that
initiateselection in lo$er secondary or primary# permit school choice# o""ers multiple curriculaand
tolerate une%ual "unding and sta""ing.
,he collecti+e consciousness o" a social system is not dependent o" geographic placement and
pro"essions. t does not change $ith e+ery ne$ generation $ithin a society but instead
connects generations $ith each other 7Durkheim# p. 15K9.
,he purpose o" education is not only to pro+ide the best possible pedagogy# but also to pro+ide it to
all# and not 2ust to pro+ide it to all# but pro+ide the same learning e&perience and le+el o" learning to
all. ,his is the conte&t $onder is satis"ied in ndia by any stretch o" imagination' s the ndian
/ducation system not a method $here the ?ich get the ebst possible learnings and keep their
comiong generation rich and learned# $hile the poor cannot a""ord these and hence keep their
coming generations poor. -unding o" /uducation by Bo+ernment and pri+ate institution does
matter# but is it really regulated' S it not so that $ith the gro$in bill o" -ees# gro$s the "acilities
a+ailable and hence the le+el o" learning and the e&perience o" learning. ( Ini"orm course structure
"or all $ould ensure uni"ormity# but does this e&ist''
(nd the "undamental idea in Durkheim about collecti+e consciousness!!as said# it is analogous to
the notion o" the general $ill in ?ousseau# or the notion o" class consciousness in Mar&.
Durkheim de"ined collecti+e consciousness as W XYthe set o" belie"s and sentiments common
to the a+erage members o" a single society 7$hich9 "orms a determinate system that has its
o$n li"e4P it is by de"inition di""used throughout the $hole society# but it none the less has
speci"ic "eatures $hich make it a distinct reality4. 7=ukes# p. 1K19
Durkheim thought o" the indi+idual consciousness to consist o" t$o partsP one part shared
$ith society# $here society li+es and acts $ithin usP and one part $hich contains our
personality traits and makes each indi+idual uni%ue 7=ukes# p. 1D:9
3oth the parts are to be de+eloped and Moulded using the /ducation System# but $hen di""erent
ndi+iduals get di""erent le+els o" schoolings# the part shared $ith the society and the indi+idual too#
doest get de+eloped to satisa"actory le+els. ,his is $hat leads to $orkers resorting to +iolence and
the poor resorting to crime# because their ndi+idual consciousness shared $ith the society has not
de+eloped. ,his is $here the ci+ilised#sophisticated and $ell educated Ipper Slass ha+e the con"lict
$ith the underpri+ileged Aoor class.
Referen#es:
http.//har+ard.academia.edu/;oel-McBinn/Aapers/D:H:C5//ducationQpoliciesQtoQpromoteQsocialQ
cohesion
Sollins Dictionary o" Sociology# pD5H adapted "rom S. =ukes# /mile Durkheim. 0is li"e and
Work 71:FC9 =ondon.(llen =ane
http.//$$$.britannica.com//3checked/topic/1K>HFHF/mechanical!and!organic!solidarity
http.//snap.stan"ord.edu/class/cs88D$!readings/da+isHCbalance.pd"
Zale Ini+ersity =ecture on [Durkheim and ,ypes o" Social Solidarity[

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