The meaning of Social Solidarity.
Solidarity itself means unity (as of a group or class) that produces
or is based on universities of interests, objectives, standards, and
sympathies.[1][2] It refers to the ties in a society that bind people together
as one.
social
solidarity One
principal
theme
in
the
work
of
Émile Durkheim concerns the sources of moral and therefore social
order in society. In particular, Durkheim was concerned to elaborate the
connection between the individual and society, in a time of growing
individualism, social dislocation, and moral diversification. In his famous
treatise on The Division of Labour in Society (1893) he juxtaposed the
solidarity of resemblance, characteristic of segmented, opaque societies
where ‘mechanical solidarity’ prevailed, to the solidarity of occupational
interdependence in morally dense societies characterized by ‘organic
solidarity’. The transition from one to the other was neither obvious nor
inevitable–as he was the first to admit in his afterwords on abnormal
forms of the division of labour. In subsequent writings, Durkheim sought
to make suggestions as to the institutional solutions to the problems of
moral regulation and social integration in contemporary societies, in
particular suggesting the importance of the ‘occupational association’ (a
sort of modern equivalent of the medieval guild) as a mediator between
the individual and society. In theElementary Forms of Religious
Life (1912), social solidarity–society–was found to be the very object of
collective worship.
The concepts of Solidarity.
According to Durkheim, the types of social solidarity correlate
with types of society. Durkheim introduced the terms "mechanical" and
"organic solidarity" as part of his theory of the development of societies
in The Division of Labour in Society (1893). In a society exhibiting
mechanical solidarity, its cohesion and integration comes from the
homogeneity of individuals—people feel connected through similar
work, educational and religious training, and lifestyle. Mechanical
solidarity
normally
operates
in
"traditional"
and
small
scale
societies.[1] In simpler societies (e.g., tribal), solidarity is usually based
on kinship ties of familial networks. Organic solidarity comes from the
interdependence that arises from specialization of work and the
complementarities between people—a development which occurs in
"modern" and "industrial" societies.[1]Definition: it is social cohesion
based upon the dependence individuals have on each other in more
advanced societies. Although individuals perform different tasks and
often have different values and interests, the order and very solidarity of
society depends on their reliance on each other to perform their
specified tasks. Organic here is referring to the interdependence of the
component parts. Thus, social solidarity is maintained in more complex
societies through the interdependence of its component parts (e.g.,
farmers produce the food to feed the factory workers who produce the
tractors that allow the farmer to produce the food).
Mechanical vs. organic solidarity[2]
Feature
Mechanical solidarity
Morphological Based on resemblances
(structural)
basis
Organic solidarity
Based on division of labor
(predominant in less advanced
(predominately in more advanced
societies)
societies)
Segmental type (first clan-based,
Organized type (fusion of markets
later territorial)
and growth of cities)
Little interdependence (social
Much interdependency (social
bonds relatively weak)
bonds relatively strong)
Relatively low volume of population Relatively high volume of
Relatively low material and moral
population
density
Relatively high material and moral
density
Types of
norms
Rules with repressive sanctions
Rules with restitutive sanctions
Prevalence of penal law
Prevalence of cooperative law (civil,
(typified by
commercial, procedural,
law)
administrative and constitutional
law)
Formal
High volume
Low volume
features of
High intensity
Low intensity
conscience
High determinateness
Low determinateness
Collective authority absolute
More room for individual initiative
collective
and reflection
The benefits of solidarity.
There is no doubt that solidarity is engaged to benefit others and
that solidary conduct is one in which one person places the needs of
others before his or her own.
But volunteering gives a unique twist to this conduct: the
volunteer, without trying to, enriches him or herself while offering
society a dose of social cohesion and harmony through selfless
collaboration. And this enrichment occurs because we are so used to
focusing on the multitude of problems we face daily that the mere act of
moving outside of complex personal setting-family, work, domestic
economic or illness-aids in our personal development.
In short, we move from "I", in a broad sense, to "the other". From
"ours" to "theirs", enabling us to purge ourselves, if only for a few
moments, of the complex web of problems which we must constantly
face. And this allows us toobserve realities from another perspective,
one which is more open, more plural and more solidary. In other words,
we are able to look at the world in a different way.
Without dismissing those volunteers who feel that they are
fulfilling a certain duty, regardless of their motivation, what is clear is
that altruistic contributions help us to develop feelings and experiences
which make us better people, since the "other" shapes us.
It is an interesting paradox: we tend to think that when we share
our time or knowledge that we become more impoverished, because
other people take what is ours; but in reality, what happens is exactly
the opposite. The more we give, the more we get. It is an essential and
inevitable truth, although one which is at times difficult to understand.
For this reason, we tend to shy away from putting it into practice, even
though it proves a strong antidote for egoism, which has caused so much
damage over the course of human history.
The lack of Social Solidarity.
Indeed, the values of social solidarity nowadays increasingly gone
from people, many factors mempangaruhi it.According to gandi, many
factors that cause of social solidarity was missing, we should call the
observations which is far more to address the problem.
The solidarity is basically empathy, of caring for others.In social
affairs alone much as tagana, organizational forms tksk, social workers
to organization is that which will be fostering the solidarity.It gives a
chance for people to get to participate in handling social permasalahanpermasalahn that they could inflict of solidarity in society.
Many methods had done to cultivate empathy, according to gandi,
many methods used to grow empathy, such a method is leave, it is this
method which a person lives somewhere unusual he lives, in ghettos and
as such.There he ' s gonna feel what the lives of an estimated that
requires .So if we go directly in a state of natural that we will never allow
we can feel what’s happening in the neighborhood, of that empathy
expected to grow.
Social solidarity every day commemoration on 20 december is the
right moment to celebrate, inform and increase the sense of social
solidarity in society today is no longer confronting indonesian struggle
physical of war and fighting, yet faced with many social issues, so the
strength or capital of the soul and spirit of social solidarity that we have
to be able to continue to address and handle all problems and such.