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 Жыл бұрын
guess you could have saved a lot of time and money by just watching a youtube video then...
@peachypietro9980 Жыл бұрын
Same here, but also, it's good to throw in a jumbled mess of different readings with a concise explanation like this
@spacelinx Жыл бұрын
@@graysaltine6035 : Perhaps, but KZfaq 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.
@jdoe9518 Жыл бұрын
@@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?
@ericcartmann Жыл бұрын
@@graysaltine6035 " Knowing is not enough "
@dasaggropop12447 жыл бұрын
I just saw this, and its great. came for got, stayed for sociotheoratical infographics
@MarcillaSmith Жыл бұрын
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.
@mokawi Жыл бұрын
Same as this guy. I really hope a lot of other people are like us, because this is amazing.
@Alex-xf6lh Жыл бұрын
stop consooming goygaze
@SK-hf4je7 жыл бұрын
I Defiantly want more of this content please. You make everything clearer and easy to understand. So interesting I love it
@bigknees22222 жыл бұрын
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.
@NiqashMuad Жыл бұрын
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.
@AUniqueHandleName444 Жыл бұрын
@@NiqashMuad Bruh what are you talking about? The Bible doesn't even agree with itself about what's true.
@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115 Жыл бұрын
The "mechanical" solidarity looks more organic or akin to biological entities than that modern solidarity, the latter should be labelled as "transactional".
@cloudynguyen6527 Жыл бұрын
@@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".
@sircole4549 Жыл бұрын
@@NiqashMuadregardless one might think" 🙄 so annoying acting like this makes me wanna punch you biblical centric bozos
@fleurgi9 жыл бұрын
Wonderful work! Very informative and better explained than my university textbook. Thank you :)
@AltShiftX9 жыл бұрын
fleurgi Cheers
@fleurgi9 жыл бұрын
No problem! Will you be making anymore videos on other sociological theorists and concepts like those from Marx and Weber for example?
@AltShiftX9 жыл бұрын
fleurgi Not any time soon, but maybe at some future point.
@timpani19899 жыл бұрын
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. :)
@paulramos40379 жыл бұрын
Alt Shift X Please make both Karl Marx and Max Weber, my fave sociologists!
@isabellamedinaceli76918 жыл бұрын
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 ;)
@AltShiftX8 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@guilhermegoncalvesmoreira60848 жыл бұрын
same here!
@HxH2011DRA7 жыл бұрын
Alt Shift X You should do these more
@learnenglishwithme43974 жыл бұрын
Hello where are you from
@B4CKWARDS_CH4RM Жыл бұрын
You should come back to this type of content
@lxfxmstr8 жыл бұрын
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.
@zerdaloo4 жыл бұрын
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.
@Arinahaset9 жыл бұрын
I got here from your GoT content and found myself really enjoying this. Well done.
@TheShourdedLord Жыл бұрын
Wow didn't know you made this stuff this is great
@KujiGhost7 жыл бұрын
Came for sociotheoratical infographics, stayed for Freemλn.
@robinrehlinghaus1944 Жыл бұрын
This just shows that Durkheim didn’t understand medieval society.
@hdjwkrbrnflfnfbrjrmd Жыл бұрын
Or modern society...
@hominhmai5325 Жыл бұрын
He did They lied
@personeater747Ай бұрын
ikr? even his label is pretty bullshit. the 'father of sociology' is probably close to 100 years older than other thinkers who looked at society on a society wide scale and attempted to do so scientifically. the only way you could defend it would be if you could prove previous thinkers were doing bad science but it seems like durk here was just writing off of vibes, and got enshrined as a hero cause he glazed liberal society.
@DaaakoАй бұрын
how so?
@MarilynMalkovich16 күн бұрын
@Daaako collective consciousness as a marker of identity (outside the smallest scale) is a phenomenon largely of modernity and medieval societies were nowhere near as homogeneous as the graphic implies. A society without interdependence has literally never existed.
@RapidCityJM9 жыл бұрын
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.
@AltShiftX9 жыл бұрын
Justin Madsen Yeah true I may have kinda mischaracterised Durkheim on crime
@avoisbir7745 жыл бұрын
That is exactly true.
@14bexi149 жыл бұрын
This is fantastic...I have an exam tomorrow morning on this for uni...THANK YOU!!!
@the.brokenhand6 жыл бұрын
Bex Del How did it go?
@alidurrani247310 ай бұрын
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
@LegoMonkeycat8 жыл бұрын
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?
@Corvaric Жыл бұрын
Can't believe I've been following your Channel for years and only saw this now.
@iluen8 жыл бұрын
I don't wanna say stop making game of thrones video but these are way more interesting!
@ernestuz8 жыл бұрын
Indeed!
@migueche209 жыл бұрын
Absolutely astounding work here. Very articulate and well thought. More of this please!
@AltShiftX9 жыл бұрын
migueche20 Thank you!
@KatjaGenkel8 жыл бұрын
+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!
@Martinator0325 Жыл бұрын
Seconding literally every comment, 5 years later! Please make more vids like this Alt Shift!
@voldlifilm5 жыл бұрын
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.)
@Kay-kg6ny Жыл бұрын
Love this! If you ever decide to make more of these again, I'd be excited to watch them!
@farsITTO8 жыл бұрын
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
@seerutravels3 жыл бұрын
I need your help I'm sociology student
@monnomestbizarre Жыл бұрын
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
@monnomestbizarre Жыл бұрын
And interdependence leads to loss of freedom and a need to rely on the global economy and others' jobs
@timothymartin90859 жыл бұрын
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.
@davemonkey26 Жыл бұрын
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
@12345DJay8 жыл бұрын
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
@mn-ru4li9 ай бұрын
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
@Tsagan9 жыл бұрын
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 !
@mmendi1114 Жыл бұрын
wonderful, yes more content please
@DerFroschMitMaske Жыл бұрын
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
@Nilsis1986 Жыл бұрын
hard to farm potatoes in prechristian sweden before 1492😂
@christiantaylor1495 Жыл бұрын
All Germanic Europe still believed Thor
@emo_drummer_939810 ай бұрын
Durkheim's conception of society is like star wars: "feel the force"/ "i've felt a tremor in the force". it's all about feeling the gentle hand of society upon your back. not too much, not too little. particularly important in organic solidarity to maintain that equilibrium.
@MissUnfamousGirl8 жыл бұрын
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! :)
@LillyAnarkitty Жыл бұрын
Would love to see more videos like this from this channel
@luisernestomorales753 Жыл бұрын
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
@Childinyou9 жыл бұрын
Your Freeman A is the best. Oh, and I guess your engaging and articulate videos too. Keep up the good work!
@2122lovelife5 жыл бұрын
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.
@PaulThePuppetier9 жыл бұрын
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.
@computerlady2229 жыл бұрын
I would like to see more like this on Weber, Marx and Mead. Makes it must easier to remember key points for tests.
@Kenshin19139 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy this content as well as the Game of Thrones theories. Keep up the good work man.
@guilhermedavitoria4346 Жыл бұрын
HOTD season 1 just finished and I was just now recommended this… Alt Shift X has ways to hold onto your attention.
@thejamesthird9 жыл бұрын
Your videos are always so interesting!
@Mrgruntastic Жыл бұрын
Dude my wife and I are over here freaking out that you’ve posted this. Didn’t even know this. Love from California
@hdjwkrbrnflfnfbrjrmd Жыл бұрын
You must be a pretty hysterical couple then.
@eziowayne Жыл бұрын
I would love to see more of this kind of content!
@TheresaWheeler9 жыл бұрын
Will you be making similar videos about Weber and Marx?
@AltShiftX9 жыл бұрын
Theresa Wheeler Probably not any time soon, but maybe.
@TheresaWheeler9 жыл бұрын
I was so disappointed with the dearth (zero) of Sociological perspectives on ASOIAF that I created my own blog, A Sociology of Ice and Fire. You were one of my inspirations.
@mra45219 жыл бұрын
Theresa Wheeler I now need to read this blog--regularly. I do the same thing with people in my life who just want to watch the show because Honor.
@mysisterisafoodie7 жыл бұрын
Still a maybe? 😛
@TheresaWheeler7 жыл бұрын
MySisterIsAFoodie there is still only one entry for a sociology of ice and fire. Blame grad school. I graduated last month.
@NikiHerl9 жыл бұрын
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 =)
@metalgirlsworkout24579 жыл бұрын
I still can't believe someone would make a video about stuff like that :) Great job!
@laurepichet6 ай бұрын
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.
@boonskank5 жыл бұрын
Your GoT content was great, but I absolutely want you to make more content like this!!!
@michaelludvik2173 Жыл бұрын
I like this bc it focuses on what people do and not on how they are victimized as is so fashionable today. The main thing is you are a farmer or some specialized worker and that determines how we get along, rather than a focus on who is most hard done by.
@DjangVo7 жыл бұрын
Never knew my favorite GoT channel would actually help me with school. Thanks!
@raphaelcohen30065 жыл бұрын
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 !
@grepgrok8735 Жыл бұрын
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.
@davidhengsbach6 жыл бұрын
Sociology on Alt Shiftx? More of this!
@ahealthkit27459 жыл бұрын
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!
@Overclownfidence Жыл бұрын
I lost it when I saw the logos for the rebel alliance and flying spaghetti monster.
@MisterFanwank Жыл бұрын
Your "mechanical solidarity" was robbed from me, and now your "organic solidarity" is denied to me. I spit.
@user-jh7xn4qm2v5 жыл бұрын
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.
@avok239 жыл бұрын
I can't wait for more philosophy
@laurasmith72828 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great content! You packed more clarity of thought into 10 minutes than did my sociological theory course in 10 weeks.
@Charul94 жыл бұрын
I think when Durkheim said that crime is a healthy part of society, he meant that there will inevitably be certain people who will not abide by the rule of law. And one has to understand that these people at one end will always exist because 1.)they bring the law to criticism and hence leaves room for it to evolve 2.)the law is always a generalized morality and cannot be tailored for every individual. Furthermore, he also said that crime is a pathology if it exceeds a certain range, and it is on the scope of the society to decide that range.
@alexeisenhauer5874 Жыл бұрын
8:59 Marxism doesn’t say there shouldn’t be division of labor, just that the laborers should be included as owners of institutions and corporations. Great video, it’s helpful to see changes in our society described like this
@tuesdayrupp34219 жыл бұрын
These are great! Please keep making videos with philosophical content. They are well-done.
@Skystarry75 Жыл бұрын
Right, so the biggest problem with division of labor is exactly what I thought it was- the valuing of certain roles as less than others and the desire for wealth, status and control. With some of our most fundamentally important roles being paid appallingly, and those with power, money and status using what they have to gain more, modern society will eventually fall apart.
@ufoash440 Жыл бұрын
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
@carolinemadondo2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful voice. Soothing and nice to listen to
@MarcDonis Жыл бұрын
Individualism is a value in the US, but, at least in France, this is a negative word, with connotations of self-centered-ness and egotism. Just saying.
@facudiaz573 Жыл бұрын
Love the fact that the barber believes in the Flying Spaghetti Monster
@Apostate_ofmind Жыл бұрын
another note: inequality IS NOT inherently bad. Communism: everyone starves equally in the greater society. Capitalism: not everyone has the same, but the ladder can be climbed, and everyone is richer than the alternative, and the society as a whole is healthier. Those very inequalities drive supply and demand, meritocracies and development.
@Sjowmalf5 ай бұрын
I don't think Durkheim meant cronic or organized crime as a necessity, just that every society (as well as individuals in my opinion) benefits from deviations of law and moral. It's part of what makes us an intelligent, adaptable, creative and problem solving animal without having to evolve geneticaly as an organism. I honestly believe that a perfect, crimeless society would negatively affect our intelectual capabilities as a species.
@JohnC-yz3tl Жыл бұрын
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!
@junyuanchen63028 жыл бұрын
very helpful video to understand some of Durkheim's thoughts. Thanks for making the video.
@TheRealNickG Жыл бұрын
"Real solidarity [with people you actually know]" vs "imaginary solidarity [based on trusting those you've never met]"?? A dose of this also makes me go running back to psychoanalytic frameworks to explain the same. But on a serious note, thanks for making this. I would rather know what they said than not know.
@mohakbhardwaj37588 жыл бұрын
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!
@modestrocker1 Жыл бұрын
capitalism is an mechanical society and is therefore modern
@alwaysblazen13699 жыл бұрын
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
@elideaver Жыл бұрын
- believes in Thor - farms a colombian exchange crop - ???.jpeg
@reichen609 Жыл бұрын
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.
@noone-io4yj4 ай бұрын
If teachers explained like this,maybe I would be listening
@TheHumanSpirit104 жыл бұрын
Yes please make more content like this. Highly informative and objective.
@Apostate_ofmind Жыл бұрын
the reason why crime is healthy, is not because committing crime (the bad thing) is a good thing, but because it reminds everyone THERE IS such a category as "crime", with stuff in it, which is "bad". Its the categoricization that is the healthy bit. an act is neutral, if no moral is applied to it. When morality is applied to it, it can become a "crime" is the action is detrimental to the cohesion of health and normal life. Its the catharsis of calling a rose a rose, even if the smell doesnt change. And acting accordingly.
@Nedwin Жыл бұрын
People are sent to war, market is volatile, and pandemic has been passed with trauma remains. That's why I searched for a relevant sociology theory. Thanks for sharing this anyway.
@PhoebeGoh129 жыл бұрын
Great animation, clear explanation and flow! It's a really helpful video! Thank you so much!
@jahidulmawla6775 жыл бұрын
Man you are legend, I follow you like for last one year but discovered this video only today.
@akhileshkumar96786 жыл бұрын
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.
@iwouldliketocomplain9 жыл бұрын
I would love to see more content like this. Good stuff!
@timnakatz88439 жыл бұрын
Please do more Game of Thrones videos, you are the only channel I'm subscribed to and I always look forward to your theories.
@ntokozobiyela44148 жыл бұрын
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
@jiinglesgreen3869 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this video. My text just wasn't making sense this week. You are a life saver. Thanks again. :)
@adrijabdutta9 ай бұрын
brilliant understanding, obviously. great and simple explanation. would keep coming back for more!
@rulfus74 жыл бұрын
i really want alt shift x to do marxist analyses on game of thrones and the expanse
@Monadoabyss9 жыл бұрын
I'm more into physics/hard science stuff but this video has been very interesting to watch! Great illustrations as usual!
@danielapiekarek93469 жыл бұрын
very well explained and visualised. please make more like this!
@moussabnmohdahman53182 жыл бұрын
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 !
@Jummbug9 жыл бұрын
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.
@MubashirahFaazalwala-nl8jd Жыл бұрын
This video was very helpful thankyou so much
@bonelesswatermelon4202 жыл бұрын
2:47 "The child laborers who make our clothes" truth bomb right there