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Sociologists view of types of societies

The French sociologist Emile Durkheim in his book Division of Labor in Society distinguished societies based on two types of solidarity - Mechanical solidarity and Organic solidarity.


The German sociologist Ferdinand Tonnie used the terms Gemeinschaft (community) and Gesellschaft (association) to describe similar differences between societies.

American anthropologist Robert Redfield draws a distinction between folk and urban societies.

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