Sociology:The More Things Change The More They Stay The Same
Diane Ihlenfeldt
February 13, 2004
"The more things change, the more they stay the same."
The sociologist, Emile Durkheim stressed the importance of shared value
and community in order to provide social order and stability. A sociologist would understand the clique, "The more things change, the more they stay the same" by analyzing how individuals and groups affect society and how society in turn molds individuals to be citizens. In order to analyze this we have to ask the question; why is there so much social stability?
Individuals and groups affect society in many ways. Individuals make up the structures within society. By this I mean that individual's beliefs both maintain and alter social structure. What we believe often becomes our reality, that which we come to expect. Expectations derived from our minds become the social structure under which we live. Our social interaction causes these social structures and patterns to arise. While socially interacting we......
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