The Division of Labour in Society (Contemporary Social Theory)

What ties bind men to one another? What relationship exists between the individual personality and social solidarity? DURKHEIM resolves the paradox of the increasing autonomy of the individual by asserting that social solidarity has been transformed by the development of the division of labour and occupational specialisation, a transformation from mechanical to organic solidarity Emile Durkheim ; Translated By W.d. Halls ; With An Introduction By Lewis Coser. Includes Index.