Suggested Further Reading on the Subject
If you intend to lead or survive in this world or in disaster you should become well versed in the precepts listed on the right under the Social Philosophy Section.
Durkheim - The Father of Sociology
Émile Durkheim formally established the academic discipline that we now know as sociology. You should know and understand his take on society, cohesion, collective conscious and solidarity. Anyone who expects to survive in the world today whether within society or as a leader at time of crisis, his treatise: The Division of Labor in Society layout two distinct social paradigms which are still at odds today. He defines two very different theories of social order and solidarity.
Solidarity is the connection between individuals which bind them together into a social order or "cohesive social network". Rightfully so Durkheim's theory argued that solidarity is the cement which holds people together in a cohesive manner as productive and functional members of a civilized society. It is the key, of course, to allowing those individual members to experience a fulfilling life
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The Division of Labor in Society is a clear outline of two very disparate approaches to a cohesive society. Durkheim presents the two forms of solidarity as Mechanical and Organic. It has later been interpreted as small and large societies. I would argue that in fact it applies to the modern conflict of paradigms of the Self Reliant Individualist vs. the Urban Collectivism paradigm.
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