Society

• Society- people who interact in a defined territory and share culture.

• What holds societies together?

  • Lenskis- shared culture
  • Marx- elites who force conformity
  • Durkheim- specialization, high division of labor

• Weber- the importance of rationalization

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Chapter 4 deals with society, what it is, how it is held together, how societies change, why societies change. In the Online Notes, this chapter is divided into two parts. Part One deals with the Lenskis’ ideas about society, technology, and social change. Part Two discusses Durkheim, Marx, and Weber.