Durkheim and Functionalism - Deviance and Social Control - Lecture Slides, Slides of Sociology of Deviance

Download Durkheim and Functionalism - Deviance and Social Control - Lecture Slides and more Slides Sociology of Deviance in PDF only on Docsity! Durkheimian/Functionalist Approaches to Deviance docsity.com Positivism and the Development of Sociology • Prior conceptions • Positivism as a social movement • The example of economics • Precursors to Durkheim – Comte – Quetelet docsity.com Kai Erikson: A Modern Durkheimian • The notion of “boundary maintenance” • A historical example of boundary maintenance: Wayward Puritans – The antinomian heresy – The persecution of Quakers – The Salem witch trials docsity.com Critiques of the Functionalist Perspective • Problems with theoretical assumptions – Is society “consensual”? – Is all deviance functional for society? – What about individual- and group-level dysfunction? • Problems with macro-level focus – Ignores micro level – Problem of vagueness – Problem of validity docsity.com