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| Of its own kind or in a class of its own. |
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| A theoretical perspective that focuses on the ways in which various parts of the social system contribute to the continuity of society and on the effects that the various parts have on one another. |
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| Social forces or patterns external to the individual. |
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| The process by which members of a group make the ideas, values, and norms of the group their own. |
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| The incorporation of disparate parts into a whole; the bringing of people of different ethnic groups into equal association. |
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| Shared agreement among the vast majority in a group or society about what behaviours are appropriate and expected of its members. |
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| An id-like nature that is focused on the individual satisfaction of all wants and desires; the first and “lower” part of Durkheim’s dual conception of human nature. |
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| Durkheim’s term for the bond between an individual and a group that is based on shared interests, activities, beliefs, values, and so on. |
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| Durkheim's term for social cohesion based on the interdependence of the division of labour rather than on similarity between individuals. |
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| A belief in the centrality and primary importance of the individual and the importance of self-sufficiency and independence. |
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| Durkheim's term for suicide performed by an individual who has not sufficiently integrated into the social order. |
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| Durkheim's term for suicide that is performed because the egoistic individual is not given clear guidance from the social order. |
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| Durkheim’s idea that human beings have a dual nature, the angel and the beast, with the beast being the stronger of the two. |
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| Common beliefs and values that guide human behaviour. |
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| A system of religious belief studied by Durkheim that attributes sacred qualities to a particular type of animal or plant. |
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| The process through which different statuses develop within a group or a society. |
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| A component part of the sociocultural system that has negative impact (or harmful effect) on other parts of the system or on the system as a whole. |
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| A set of beliefs involving symbols regarded as sacred, together with ritual practices in which members of the community engage. |
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| A structural condition in which social norms are weak or conflicting. |
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| Something set apart from the everyday world that inspires attitudes of awe or reverence among believers. |
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| Pertaining to elements of society that belong to the ordinary everyday world rather than to the realm of the supernatural. |
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