Talk:The Division of Labour in Society

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I recall my Sociology days about the theory. I remember the three levels of Durkheim as, Technoeconomy, Politicolegal and Religiomoral. According to him, Technoeconomy is for the peasants who were involved in agriculture or like in industrial setup doing basic work generating produce for use. The next level involves, Politicolegal is a level in which the political and legal system to administer and manage the society. It also ensures that the people who are involved in technoeconomy level do not control the resources. The legal system will ensure the produce are distributed equitably. The next level, namely Religiomoral is about the level above the other two. This ensures the Politicolegal does not take advantage of power to control the resources. The religious institutions and the moral values will ensure the politicolegal does not take advantage of its power by controlling the resources.

K.Srinivasan, AMCHSS

"The Division of Labour in Society" is not a book, it is a tesis for a doctoral degree in philosophy

Paquito de Laferrere —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.244.9.182 (talk) 03:02, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

K. Srinivasan is describing Plato's Republic, this barely even matches Durkheim's model of society. For Durkheim, the State is the brain of society (most important organ), while the division of labour (economy) is the frame along which all the other organs organize themselves. They all are mutually interdependent, so there is no room for one group to take all the power, although the brain is obviously the most essential. However, Durkheim's society is definitely hierarchically ordered. He says that that is the necessary consequence of the scarcity of resources and density of physical/moral life.

Michael 06:55, 6 December 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mikem1234 (talk • contribs)

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In WikiProject Books/Non-fiction article it is said, "an exhaustive list of contents, without any editorial commentary or significance, should not be included. Unless the list has encyclopedic value it is better to convey this in the synopsis." Chimin 07 (talk) 13:05, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Influences
I would like to add the influences from Spencer.

Durkheim’s Division of Labour in Society is to a large extent an extended debate with Spencer from whose sociology, many commentators now agree, Durkheim borrowed extensively. The above statement is copied (as of June 18, 2011) from the article 'sociology' in Wikipedia. Chimin 07 (talk) 10:55, 18 June 2011 (UTC)