(Durkheim, 101) People rely on each other because they are interdependent rather than linked by one belief system or shared history. Durkheim states in “The Division of Labour in Society” that “not only does [the division of labour] possess no moral character, but no reason for its existence can be perceived.” Interestingly, he also notes that the division of labour shapes human interests and character in ways which otherwise would not develop; “it is because the division of labour is accompanied by an increase in fatigue that man is constrained to seek after, as a compensatory increase, those goods of civilisation that otherwise would present no internet for him.” (Durkheim, 16) This thought is both similar to and profoundly different to Marx’s ideas on workplace alienation; both contend that work in its current form is unnatural, but
(Durkheim, 101) People rely on each other because they are interdependent rather than linked by one belief system or shared history. Durkheim states in “The Division of Labour in Society” that “not only does [the division of labour] possess no moral character, but no reason for its existence can be perceived.” Interestingly, he also notes that the division of labour shapes human interests and character in ways which otherwise would not develop; “it is because the division of labour is accompanied by an increase in fatigue that man is constrained to seek after, as a compensatory increase, those goods of civilisation that otherwise would present no internet for him.” (Durkheim, 16) This thought is both similar to and profoundly different to Marx’s ideas on workplace alienation; both contend that work in its current form is unnatural, but