Difference Between Durkheim And Weber's Theory Of Industrialization

The period of industrialization influenced the three classical sociological theorists, Marx, Durkheim and Weber. Marx thought of industrialization in the most negative of ways compared to the other sociological theorists. With the rise of industrialization, the social classes changed to who was related to the mean of production, so the owners of the factories and machinery were called the bourgeois, who had more power than the proletariat, those working in the factories, creating the product. With this class distinction, Marx believed that it would lead to problems and conflict between the classes, because each class had their own interest, for instance, the bourgeoisie might be more interested in creating a product faster and cheaper, while …show more content…
Weber believed that people should rely on rationalization which is the use of logic, rules, and efficiency in a modern society instead of emotions, customs and traditions which was used in the pre-industrialized era. The way that industrialization had an affect on Weber is in the way he thought about bureaucracies, on one hand bureaucracies represented the ultimate form of formal rationality because bureaucracies used logic and rules to become very efficient. Another advantage of bureaucracies is that it is able to handle complex changes which is something traditional societies might not have been able to handle. However, bureaucracies also dehumanized the workers because they have less freedom to express themselves and show their creativity. By dehumanizing the workers, bureaucracies traps them in an iron cage which is an invisible cage created by rules and regulations to stop workers from showing the humanian side of …show more content…
Before industrialization, there was no separation of work and home, since all the family lived on the farm where the work was located. Also, there was not much of a gender labor or norms because everyone was expected to help around the farm and take care of one anything. Except for when women used to do laundry together, which was know as sociality among women, where women would help each other in taking care of the laundry and bond together. However, industrialization created the distinction of gendered labor and norms that we know of today. For example, there was no longer a separation of work and home, since work consisted of employment in factories and it was no longer located at the home, like home and work was not separated at the farm. Because of this separation of home and work life, it created separate spheres for males and females. Men went out to work in the factories and made the money, while the women stayed at home and took care of the children. Also, sociality among women started to decline, since, women did not have to help each other to take care of the house. For example, because of the washing machine, women did not have to help each other washing clothes, now they just put everything in the washing machine and it would take care of the