I majored in sociology while I was in college. This is one of the best, quickest, and simplest explanations of Emile Durkheim’s theories I’ve ever heard.
@@graysaltine6035 : Perhaps, but RUclips wasn't around when I was in college, plus in the real world, claiming to have knowledge isn't enough. You've got to have that piece of paper, like a diploma, or trade certification and licensing (which may be required by law depending on profession) that proves you know stuff.
@@spacelinx Claiming to have "knowledge" is flawed. If people made up everything, the language used to describe everything for example, surely everything is based on belief? I'm not disputing beliefs can be measurable and repeatable. However even what is called science is measured speculation. So just to get my mind around this a pre-modern solidarity is "mechanical" because the "collective consciousness" comes from all the environmental factors, mostly unmolested, the collective self sufficiently live in and modern solidarity is "organic" because people have no choice except to rely on others because the "system" doesn't believe self sufficiency is productive enough? Let me frame it another way. "Organic" is where the mechanisms of government enforce their will on all under the threat of violence, births are certified and registered, licensing and all manner of paperwork are required of proof of anything and everything and if you refuse to give "money" ( a debt based system of agreed value which by design can never be satisfied) to the government earnt for time spent your freedom will be taken away? Regardless of what you do or believe in?
Yes, I enjoyed the video as well. I don't know that I could have said anything about Durkheim before this, but now I have a grasp of the basics, at least. What I don't get, however, is how we would say that his theory can't explain WWI (or other conflict). If crime serves a purpose by delineating the boundaries of behavior in society, then can't we see something similar in war? What I mean is that a nation is a society _is_ a collective of people _is_ an emergent "individual" in the "society" of the international community. Therefore, I would say that war is an outcome of a nation committing a crime against another, and the society of the international community responding to it.
I definitely look forward to more of these types of videos. You have a deft way of exposing your analysis of topics that brings us along a logical thought process. Creative, insightful and incisive. I really like your no-bulls**t presentation style. Thank you for your work on these.
Alt Shift X Oh that's a shame. I thoroughly enjoyed this video. It aided me in the writing of sociological theory memo. Hopefully you'll include Gramsci and Polanyi works. :)
I’ve been a huge fan of yours ever since I discovered you, I’ve watched all of your Game of Thrones theories and Dune and All Tomorrow videos. I was just trying to understand Durkheim’s theory for my Sociology exam and came across this video that YOU made. It’s like I hit the jackpot
While it may be too late, I would like to say, YES. YES. YES. I want more. This is very well presented, and puts things into words that are not easy to do so, in such simplicity and eloqeuncy at the same time.
Notes : Solidarity is the cohesion between the members of society and what holds it together. Durkheim's purposes to ideas in which solidarity could work : MECHANICAL SOLIDARITY ( pre modern ): - stands on homogeneity and collective consciousness - unified morally and socially - punishment if one clashed with the collective's belief ORGANIC SOLIDARITY ( modern ) - separate individuals and identities - interdependent / rely upon one another / they can't survive alone - focuses on individualism - visible in the culture of consumerism on how it sells the magnificence of individuals - limiting punishments to righting wrongs since beliefs continue to vary and expand for it to continue to run.
It's more than just two over-simplified versions, but the only real truth is The Bible's, regardless what one might think, it's the most objective truth and stand by this.
The "mechanical" solidarity looks more organic or akin to biological entities than that modern solidarity, the latter should be labelled as "transactional".
@@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115 I think you run on assumption that organic means unity. But if you look at nature, it's not a collective of the same trees and animals, it's a whole ecosystem with each living being fulfil their own role and their position in food chain. This is what our modern society is based on, we acknowledge that each person is not the same cog running the entire society machine, we are different individual pursue different roles in society. While nature looks static, it's an ever-changing landscape with steady evolution. Our modern society is similar but replace "evolution" with "technology".
It’s so interesting seeing how different content creators were so long ago. Like how you can hear just a bit more Alt Schwift X in here than as of current
i really like this video , you manage to get a concept across in under 10 minute, i think the format is good and i would very much like more of it. Thanks for your good Videos !
Thank you so much!! I get so confused in class because there's so much information you need to grasp in such a short amount of time. This really simplifies my lectures into something that actually makes sense.
I found and subscribed your channel because of the GoT episode by episode explanations. They were awesome but now I am so very much impressed by the videos on Psychology, Sociology, Literature, and Philosophy. Great job! Hope to see more
This is your best video yet, Alt Shift X! Please make more like this. Quick note, Sven shouldn't really be farming potatoes, because they were a New World thing. Maybe turnips?
Although I came to your channel because of Game of Thrones, and I do love your videos on the series, I like all of your content. I would surely enjoy it if you put out more videos like this one. This 10 minute video taught me more about sociology than my last two sociology teachers in the final 2 years of high school.
Hell yeah I want to see more of this. These vids do a great job at providing a overview of the subject, and allow you to dive deeper without losing track of the greater picture =)
It is perfectly explained, great use of infographics, no fancy terms, easy vocab, easy concept. Had the social sciences been taught like this, I would be learning it all day everyday.
Dear Mr Alt Shift X... in Nov 2023, yes! I'd like to see more of this style of content - especially in the times we're living in of post truth, anti science, late stage capitalism and democracy being pitched as a bad idea
please do more of this and anything else. its been forever since i found someone i can sit and watch and actually want to keep learning.my only complaint is you dont have 500 vids so i can binge. i like you got stuff but real actual knowledge is so much more valuable and just as or maybe more enjoyable
First video I watch from you and I immediatly suscribed to your channel. Have to do a presentation of Hans-Peter Müller's article called "Social differentaition and Organic solidarity : The Division if Labor revisited" tomorow morning, and your didactical video has just cleared my mind. Visuals are greats. Thanks ! Cheers from France !
I really love how you described his ideas, critics, and responses (or sometimes lack thereof) without bringing in the "right or wrong" of ideas. I feel that even other channels that make these kinds of videos and try to present both sides often imply (intentionally or not) that one side is "better" or more "moral" than the other. I really appreciated how it challenged some of my preconceived ideas in a way that actually lets me think about them logically.
literally my exam essay...i wrote exactly what you say...i had planned something else bt I just remembered this video and when I saw the question I just went for it... thanks a lot... ntokozo south Africa
I didn't saw the channel name at first. After few seconds I thought I recognize this voice. It was then that I saw your icon at the left bottom corner. This is as good as your GOT videos.
This is so helpful omg. I have a presentation in a few days ad the text I'm supposed to analyse is pretty hard to understand, so thanks a lot you're saving my life.
Awesome work. Been years ago since I studied political science, but Durkheim stood out even then. Great to hear such a concise and easy to understand explanation. Keep it up.
I just discovered this today and found it so comprehensible! Thank you for this really helpful video, and i hope you'll come up with more sociology videos :D
I subscribed for the GoT content, but definitely gonna stay subscribed cuz the other stuff. Make more of this please, I love em. Keep em coming my good sir.
This is great, thank you so much for making this! (I just got to point out that if Sven is a viking living in ye olde Scandinavia, he wouldn't farm potatoes. They didn't exist in Europe until after the discovery of the Americas. Same with tomatoes. WHAT? I mean, did classical Italians eat pizza without tomato sauce? Is that even pizza? It's madness.)
Oh my god your explanation is amazing your God gifted when it comes to making people understand something in an easy way...wow i just adore and admire you..i wish you are my teacher at this moment...
I've thought of this a bit before learning about Durkheim. Modern transportation and communication technologies allow millions of very different people to interact, meet, within those millions there will be lots of differences, leading to a higher feeling of stress, danger, conflict in large cities
Simply awesome! Loved it every second. I was hoping you would make videos on Gramsci and Spivak that would be extraordinarily helpful. Thanks once again :)
Awesome video, really helped me with my anthropology course. Thanks so much! (BTW, it's really good to see a fellow Aussie RUclipsr who's had so much success and is producing such high quality videos)
I majored in sociology, it’s so fascinating. It’s amazing how easy it is to spot people who have no idea what they’re talking about when it comes to social issues. They just have no clue what drives people. When I throw in my two cents people get floored… we should teach way more sociology to everyone!
While I really think that sociologic theories are highly interesting, the source material is often written in a way that is hard to grasp, also because of old grammar rules and such. I do enjoy being eased into a new subject by videos like yours to get a first concept of what the lecture is about before delving deeper into it. So thanks a lot for the really well put together video, I was able to extract some good thoughts for my exams!
One quick thing - Durkheim didn't say that chronic, endemic crime was a healthy thing: just the opposite. He said if the level of crime rose too high people wouldn't see the crime/punishment system as working and it would turn to lawlessness, but too low of a crime rate was just as bad since government HAS to do something about perceived problems in a society (even if these problems are minor) if there isn't anything to take focus away. Basically you have 1)Inner-City Ghetto - where laws and police are less than effective, 2) "Normal" Town - typical Law and Order type places with common sense laws and 3)Suburbs - basically crime is virtually non-existent so people regulate everything from how long grass can be cut to how long a car can stay parked in a driveway.
yo Alt I really enjoy your GoT videos, and I really enjoyed this one. Maybe you should make another channel with content like this, like all your videos its well structured, informative and entertaining Love you my dude
I majored in sociology while I was in college. This is one of the best, quickest, and simplest explanations of Emile Durkheim’s theories I’ve ever heard.
guess you could have saved a lot of time and money by just watching a youtube video then...
Same here, but also, it's good to throw in a jumbled mess of different readings with a concise explanation like this
@@graysaltine6035 : Perhaps, but RUclips wasn't around when I was in college, plus in the real world, claiming to have knowledge isn't enough. You've got to have that piece of paper, like a diploma, or trade certification and licensing (which may be required by law depending on profession) that proves you know stuff.
@@spacelinx Claiming to have "knowledge" is flawed. If people made up everything, the language used to describe everything for example, surely everything is based on belief? I'm not disputing beliefs can be measurable and repeatable. However even what is called science is measured speculation.
So just to get my mind around this a pre-modern solidarity is "mechanical" because the "collective consciousness" comes from all the environmental factors, mostly unmolested, the collective self sufficiently live in and modern solidarity is "organic" because people have no choice except to rely on others because the "system" doesn't believe self sufficiency is productive enough?
Let me frame it another way. "Organic" is where the mechanisms of government enforce their will on all under the threat of violence, births are certified and registered, licensing and all manner of paperwork are required of proof of anything and everything and if you refuse to give "money" ( a debt based system of agreed value which by design can never be satisfied) to the government earnt for time spent your freedom will be taken away? Regardless of what you do or believe in?
@@graysaltine6035 " Knowing is not enough "
I Defiantly want more of this content please. You make everything clearer and easy to understand. So interesting I love it
I just saw this, and its great. came for got, stayed for sociotheoratical infographics
Yes, I enjoyed the video as well. I don't know that I could have said anything about Durkheim before this, but now I have a grasp of the basics, at least.
What I don't get, however, is how we would say that his theory can't explain WWI (or other conflict). If crime serves a purpose by delineating the boundaries of behavior in society, then can't we see something similar in war?
What I mean is that a nation is a society _is_ a collective of people _is_ an emergent "individual" in the "society" of the international community. Therefore, I would say that war is an outcome of a nation committing a crime against another, and the society of the international community responding to it.
Same as this guy. I really hope a lot of other people are like us, because this is amazing.
stop consooming goygaze
I definitely look forward to more of these types of videos. You have a deft way of exposing your analysis of topics that brings us along a logical thought process. Creative, insightful and incisive. I really like your no-bulls**t presentation style. Thank you for your work on these.
Wonderful work! Very informative and better explained than my university textbook. Thank you :)
fleurgi Cheers
No problem! Will you be making anymore videos on other sociological theorists and concepts like those from Marx and Weber for example?
fleurgi Not any time soon, but maybe at some future point.
Alt Shift X Oh that's a shame. I thoroughly enjoyed this video. It aided me in the writing of sociological theory memo. Hopefully you'll include Gramsci and Polanyi works. :)
Alt Shift X Please make both Karl Marx and Max Weber, my fave sociologists!
I’ve been a huge fan of yours ever since I discovered you, I’ve watched all of your Game of Thrones theories and Dune and All Tomorrow videos. I was just trying to understand Durkheim’s theory for my Sociology exam and came across this video that YOU made. It’s like I hit the jackpot
I got here from your GoT content and found myself really enjoying this. Well done.
great work!! even though I came to your chanel for the GoT Videos, I have to say that I liked this one even better. Very well explained ;)
Thanks!
same here!
Alt Shift X You should do these more
Hello where are you from
yup. you should definitely do more of these. you are the perfect kind of content creator to make this type of video imo. keep em coming
While it may be too late, I would like to say, YES. YES. YES. I want more. This is very well presented, and puts things into words that are not easy to do so, in such simplicity and eloqeuncy at the same time.
Seconding literally every comment, 5 years later! Please make more vids like this Alt Shift!
Notes :
Solidarity is the cohesion between the members of society and what holds it together. Durkheim's purposes to ideas in which solidarity could work :
MECHANICAL SOLIDARITY ( pre modern ):
- stands on homogeneity and collective consciousness
- unified morally and socially
- punishment if one clashed with the collective's belief
ORGANIC SOLIDARITY ( modern )
- separate individuals and identities
- interdependent / rely upon one another / they can't survive alone
- focuses on individualism
- visible in the culture of consumerism on how it sells the magnificence of individuals
- limiting punishments to righting wrongs since beliefs continue to vary and expand for it to continue to run.
It's more than just two over-simplified versions, but the only real truth is The Bible's, regardless what one might think, it's the most objective truth and stand by this.
@@NiqashMuad Bruh what are you talking about? The Bible doesn't even agree with itself about what's true.
The "mechanical" solidarity looks more organic or akin to biological entities than that modern solidarity, the latter should be labelled as "transactional".
@@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115 I think you run on assumption that organic means unity. But if you look at nature, it's not a collective of the same trees and animals, it's a whole ecosystem with each living being fulfil their own role and their position in food chain. This is what our modern society is based on, we acknowledge that each person is not the same cog running the entire society machine, we are different individual pursue different roles in society. While nature looks static, it's an ever-changing landscape with steady evolution. Our modern society is similar but replace "evolution" with "technology".
@@NiqashMuadUh sorry I missed where this is relevant
Can't believe I've been following your Channel for years and only saw this now.
It’s so interesting seeing how different content creators were so long ago. Like how you can hear just a bit more Alt Schwift X in here than as of current
Absolutely astounding work here. Very articulate and well thought. More of this please!
migueche20 Thank you!
+Alt Shift X Yes Please! I'm a anthropology student and this makes my life so much easier! This is amazing. Morgan and Bastian would be the bomb!
i really like this video , you manage to get a concept across in under 10 minute, i think the format is good and i would very much like more of it. Thanks for your good Videos !
This is fantastic...I have an exam tomorrow morning on this for uni...THANK YOU!!!
Bex Del How did it go?
After being my go to ASOIAF guidance for years now I suddenly found this video in the exact moment I needed it, I love you alt shift x
I really enjoy this content as well as the Game of Thrones theories. Keep up the good work man.
Thank you so much!! I get so confused in class because there's so much information you need to grasp in such a short amount of time. This really simplifies my lectures into something that actually makes sense.
When this GoT season is over and the analyzing of it is mostly done, I would love to see you making more videos like this. Very well done! :)
I found and subscribed your channel because of the GoT episode by episode explanations. They were awesome but now I am so very much impressed by the videos on Psychology, Sociology, Literature, and Philosophy. Great job! Hope to see more
I need your help
I'm sociology student
This is your best video yet, Alt Shift X! Please make more like this.
Quick note, Sven shouldn't really be farming potatoes, because they were a New World thing. Maybe turnips?
Although I came to your channel because of Game of Thrones, and I do love your videos on the series, I like all of your content. I would surely enjoy it if you put out more videos like this one. This 10 minute video taught me more about sociology than my last two sociology teachers in the final 2 years of high school.
Love this! If you ever decide to make more of these again, I'd be excited to watch them!
Your Freeman A is the best. Oh, and I guess your engaging and articulate videos too. Keep up the good work!
Dude my wife and I are over here freaking out that you’ve posted this. Didn’t even know this. Love from California
You must be a pretty hysterical couple then.
Hell yeah I want to see more of this. These vids do a great job at providing a overview of the subject, and allow you to dive deeper without losing track of the greater picture =)
I still can't believe someone would make a video about stuff like that :) Great job!
Never knew my favorite GoT channel would actually help me with school. Thanks!
Thanks for the great content! You packed more clarity of thought into 10 minutes than did my sociological theory course in 10 weeks.
Thanks for creating this! I desire to study Sociology on my own time and money and it's really fantastic to find resources like this!
It is perfectly explained, great use of infographics, no fancy terms, easy vocab, easy concept. Had the social sciences been taught like this, I would be learning it all day everyday.
It would be so weird and fun for Alt Shift X to come back to these kind of non fiction videos with the tone/experience they gained discussing GOT ETC
Dear Mr Alt Shift X... in Nov 2023, yes! I'd like to see more of this style of content - especially in the times we're living in of post truth, anti science, late stage capitalism and democracy being pitched as a bad idea
Was really enjoying this video when I finally realized I’ve been watching your ASOIAF videos for years! Great content man, keep up the good work!
please do more of this and anything else. its been forever since i found someone i can sit and watch and actually want to keep learning.my only complaint is you dont have 500 vids so i can binge. i like you got stuff but real actual knowledge is so much more valuable and just as or maybe more enjoyable
Bruh Durkheim's original reading is too complex, that's why I'm here. I've an end semester in half an hour. You're a fucking legend mate.
First video I watch from you and I immediatly suscribed to your channel. Have to do a presentation of Hans-Peter Müller's article called "Social differentaition and Organic solidarity : The Division if Labor revisited" tomorow morning, and your didactical video has just cleared my mind. Visuals are greats. Thanks !
Cheers from France !
These are great! Please keep making videos with philosophical content. They are well-done.
HOTD season 1 just finished and I was just now recommended this… Alt Shift X has ways to hold onto your attention.
Wow didn't know you made this stuff this is great
Your videos are always so interesting!
I really love how you described his ideas, critics, and responses (or sometimes lack thereof) without bringing in the "right or wrong" of ideas. I feel that even other channels that make these kinds of videos and try to present both sides often imply (intentionally or not) that one side is "better" or more "moral" than the other. I really appreciated how it challenged some of my preconceived ideas in a way that actually lets me think about them logically.
Thank you so much for this video. My text just wasn't making sense this week. You are a life saver. Thanks again. :)
Great work! I have always liked the way you analyze the GOT stuff but now I am yearning to see more of this philosophical stuff as well!
Man you are legend, I follow you like for last one year but discovered this video only today.
literally my exam essay...i wrote exactly what you say...i had planned something else bt I just remembered this video and when I saw the question I just went for it... thanks a lot... ntokozo south Africa
I didn't saw the channel name at first. After few seconds I thought I recognize this voice. It was then that I saw your icon at the left bottom corner. This is as good as your GOT videos.
This is so helpful omg. I have a presentation in a few days ad the text I'm supposed to analyse is pretty hard to understand, so thanks a lot you're saving my life.
I would love to see more of this kind of content!
You saved me doing hard research on my Assignment... You earned my respect and my sub, thanks my bro
Would love to see more videos like this from this channel
Damn, this is dope. Had to doubletake when I saw who the creator was.
Tbh I'd deffo like to see more of this than the TV stuff
brilliant understanding, obviously. great and simple explanation. would keep coming back for more!
Your GoT content was great, but I absolutely want you to make more content like this!!!
Awesome work. Been years ago since I studied political science, but Durkheim stood out even then. Great to hear such a concise and easy to understand explanation. Keep it up.
I just discovered this today and found it so comprehensible! Thank you for this really helpful video, and i hope you'll come up with more sociology videos :D
Yes please make more content like this. Highly informative and objective.
I would love to see more content like this. Good stuff!
I subscribed for the GoT content, but definitely gonna stay subscribed cuz the other stuff. Make more of this please, I love em.
Keep em coming my good sir.
Great animation, clear explanation and flow! It's a really helpful video! Thank you so much!
damn bro got me into reading them asoiaf books back in 2015 and how hes helping me understand durkheim 10 years later, thanks bro
I'm loving all your videos so far and would like to see more of these types of videos alongside things like the GoT videos. Keep up the great work.
Interesting, informative, and well narrated. I'm really loving the variety in your videos, keep it up!
This is great, thank you so much for making this! (I just got to point out that if Sven is a viking living in ye olde Scandinavia, he wouldn't farm potatoes. They didn't exist in Europe until after the discovery of the Americas. Same with tomatoes. WHAT? I mean, did classical Italians eat pizza without tomato sauce? Is that even pizza? It's madness.)
I would like to see more like this on Weber, Marx and Mead. Makes it must easier to remember key points for tests.
Really impressed by your accurate summary. There are just too many misinterpretation on the internet
I'm more into physics/hard science stuff but this video has been very interesting to watch! Great illustrations as usual!
very helpful video to understand some of Durkheim's thoughts. Thanks for making the video.
Alt shift X,
many thanks 4 this short enlightening socio. summary
and "Division of labour" of E. Durkheim's sociology..
More is and would be welcome !
Great stuff, I would love to see more of this. Prehaps a critique on Veblen's social and economic ideas. He has always intrigued me.
Love this guy's Game of Thrones vids, so I was super happy to watch this video after my prof added it to the list of required watching.
wonderful, yes more content please
Oh my god your explanation is amazing your God gifted when it comes to making people understand something in an easy way...wow i just adore and admire you..i wish you are my teacher at this moment...
I've thought of this a bit before learning about Durkheim. Modern transportation and communication technologies allow millions of very different people to interact, meet, within those millions there will be lots of differences, leading to a higher feeling of stress, danger, conflict in large cities
And interdependence leads to loss of freedom and a need to rely on the global economy and others' jobs
I don't wanna say stop making game of thrones video but these are way more interesting!
Indeed!
studying for my intro to sociology exam and found out my fav GoT analyst has videos on sociology as well. Awesome! Made it easy for me to digest
You should come back to this type of content
I just got reccomended this. I've seen what I thought was every alt shift works. But then something from years ago pops up
Simply awesome! Loved it every second. I was hoping you would make videos on Gramsci and Spivak that would be extraordinarily helpful. Thanks once again :)
Please do more Game of Thrones videos, you are the only channel I'm subscribed to and I always look forward to your theories.
thank you for this video! it was more clear than my class readings!
This is great! If you make more I will definitely watch it! :)
Thank you this is awesome. I have a better understanding now. This is better than a full simester at my university.. thank you so much.
Awesome video, really helped me with my anthropology course. Thanks so much! (BTW, it's really good to see a fellow Aussie RUclipsr who's had so much success and is producing such high quality videos)
I majored in sociology, it’s so fascinating. It’s amazing how easy it is to spot people who have no idea what they’re talking about when it comes to social issues. They just have no clue what drives people. When I throw in my two cents people get floored… we should teach way more sociology to everyone!
nice ego trip libtard
Wow, this felt like a minute😃
Probs the best video on sociology ive seen 😳
I liked this a lot :D great work and good explanation of social these two observations.
While I really think that sociologic theories are highly interesting, the source material is often written in a way that is hard to grasp, also because of old grammar rules and such. I do enjoy being eased into a new subject by videos like yours to get a first concept of what the lecture is about before delving deeper into it. So thanks a lot for the really well put together video, I was able to extract some good thoughts for my exams!
I just love you more every video, Mr. X!!
One quick thing - Durkheim didn't say that chronic, endemic crime was a healthy thing: just the opposite. He said if the level of crime rose too high people wouldn't see the crime/punishment system as working and it would turn to lawlessness, but too low of a crime rate was just as bad since government HAS to do something about perceived problems in a society (even if these problems are minor) if there isn't anything to take focus away. Basically you have 1)Inner-City Ghetto - where laws and police are less than effective, 2) "Normal" Town - typical Law and Order type places with common sense laws and 3)Suburbs - basically crime is virtually non-existent so people regulate everything from how long grass can be cut to how long a car can stay parked in a driveway.
Justin Madsen Yeah true I may have kinda mischaracterised Durkheim on crime
That is exactly true.
Now I am more confident to crack on, my coursework, thank you so much !
yo Alt I really enjoy your GoT videos, and I really enjoyed this one. Maybe you should make another channel with content like this, like all your videos its well structured, informative and entertaining
Love you my dude
Loved this! Also, is this the only one video about sociology in your channel? I can't find any other. 😟 It's mostly that famous tv show with dragons.
I can't wait for more philosophy
Great video mate, nice to see your work beyond GOT
Awesome, awesome, awesome!! Thanks so much, my professor does his best to explain Durkheim but this helped me so much more!! Great job!
This just saved my life! Thank you so much ❤❤