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Functionalism
Title: Functionalism
Category: History
Details: Words: 881 | Pages: 3.7 (approximately 235 words/page)
Functionalism
Functionalism is the sociological theory which holds that each part of society is necessary for the functioning of the social organism. There are several elements in the functionalist paradigm which explain how society functions to maintain the social organism and keep it alive. These elements, or tenets of functionalism are cohesion, integration, solidarity, and equilibrium. These elements explain how society is divided into it’s different functional parts, with each part dependent on the other, …showed first 75 words of 881 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 881 total…Some of the members of society may lose function as society replaces certain parts of itself with cyborg parts. These cyborg parts would be highly specialized and may in fact improve the overall functioning of the social organism as long as the cells of the social organism don’t reject the cyborg implant. Society evolves and changes but these changes ultimately depend on every aspect of that society down to the individual or cellular level.
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