Humanities Homework Help

I’m working on a sociology multi-part question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

Reading 12 Division of Labor in Society:

What makes an act a crime?

What is the conscience collective?

What is the relationship between penal law and religion?

What is mechanical solidarity, and what are the characteristics of a society marked by this type of solidarity?

What is organic solidarity, and what are the characteristics of a society marked by this type of solidarity?

Elementary Forms of Religious Life:

According to Durkheim, what does the totem represent?

What type of solidarity, mechanical or organic, exists in totemic societies?

What is the role of religious practices in creating beliefs?

Can you think of any secular examples of people gathering to affirm something considered to be sacred in contemporary U.S. society?……………Reading 13 : In what ways can we see Durkheim in Merton’s theory?

What does Merton believe is the cause of crime?

Does poverty in itself cause crime?

Is Merton arguing that crime is determined by a particular combination of culture and social structure? Does Merton agree with a rational choice explanation of crime (and social life more generally)?

What does Merton mean by “anomie”?