Durkheim seems to take an interesting and also different approach to the idea of ‘labor’ than past exposure to the subject. It appears that Durkheim believes labor is not simply a part of politics and economy – it has done much more for (or maybe rather ‘to’ instead of ‘for’) our society as a whole.
When Durkheim begins his introduction, ‘although the division of labor is not a of recent origin, it was only at the end of the last century that societies bean to become unaware of this law, to which up to then they had submitted almost unwittingly.
From this, we cannot gather the tone of Durkheim’s work – is praising our past, present, and future concepts of labor, or is this the root of evil?
Further reading shows us that Durkheim argues that the division of labor has changed our morals entirely and is the cause, at its root, of modern inequality. Additionally, Durkheim speaks of this idea of solidarity. My take on Durkheim is that he believes this may be some order of ‘control’ – what allows social order to be maintained (through people thinking and acting alike – a result of division of labor also).
Interestingly, there is some Marx in Durkheim – but not necessarily in an agreeing sense. I would say Marx attributes more inequality to class, whereas Durkheim thinks the disorder (and divisions) as an issue of modern society.
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