Sociology / Unit 4 Soc 0453 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Organic Solidarity
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The idea
Organic solidarity is the cohesion of a society whose members are bound together by interdependence, each depending on specialists doing work they cannot do.
In practice
A city dweller relies daily on strangers who grow food, treat illness, and keep the power on.
Where people slip
Interdependence binds people who share neither beliefs nor acquaintance.
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