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Durkheim said preindustrial societies were held together by which kind of solidarity?
AOrganic solidarity
BMechanical solidarity
CRational solidarity
DSymbolic solidarity
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Mechanical solidarity
1. Preindustrial groups had strong kinship bonds and very little division of labour.
2. People doing the same work tend to think and act alike.
3. Durkheim called the resulting social order mechanical solidarity.
4. Organic solidarity is its industrial replacement, built on accepting differences instead.
_Source: OpenStax Introduction to Sociology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 3 "Culture", Ch 4 "Society and Social Interaction" and Ch 5 "Socialization", section 4.2 Theoretical Perspectives on Society_
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