What Is the Basic Difference Between the Two Forms That

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Multiple Choice

What is the basic difference between the two forms that society takes in Durkheim?

• A) Societies that exhibit mechanical solidarity have a simpler division of labor and a group conscience. Societies that exhibit organic solidarity have complex divisions of labor and increased individualism.
• B) Mechanical societies are those that came with the Industrial Revolution. Organic, that is, agrarian societies represent what came before.
• C) Organic societies are collectives, cohesive, and communal, whereas mechanical societies are dehumanizing, deleterious, and capitalistic.
• D) As the word implies, societies that exhibit organic solidarity have a simpler division of labor and a group conscience. Societies that exhibit a mechanical solidarity have machine-like divisions of labor and increased individualism.

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