In Durkheim's characterization, complex societies exhibit "organic solidarity" because
A) complex society functions like a single organ of the body, the heart for example.
B) he chose a musical idiom to suggest harmony in society.
C) complex society is largely integrated through a sense of belonging, as an organ belongs in a church.
D) complex society resembles a living organism, constructed from specialized parts.
E) none of the above.
D
You might also like to view...
A "world-rejecting religion" is one that
A. concerns itself with a higher realm of spirituality. B. rejects worldly goods and popular culture. C. is polytheistic or monotheistic, and is led by a shaman. D. has been rejected by the world. E. focuses on a higher realm of reality.
The fact that most women who work in theater today refer to themselves as actors
a. is a sign of too much political correctness. b. just sounds silly, as if they were claiming to be men. c. is a successful effort to remove one case of gender bias in English. d. cannot have any impact on the way these women are perceived.
Which two primary schools of classification are discussed in the text?
a. Evolutionary systematics and cladistics b. Generalized and specialized c. Cladistics and non-cladistics d. Organic and inorganic e. Ancestral and derived (modified)
A regional or subcultural variant of language is called a:
a. dialect. b. voice. c. sublanguage. d. protolanguage.