Sociology

write a 500 word essay - answer all parts of each topic (i.e. a, b and c) Please use Asa when referencing and at the end have all the citations in alphabetical order Please use only readings from the module and cite them as per the departmental guide to citation and referencing. Citations not included in word count. There is no need to engage in a long discussion of Covid-19 – focus on the theorists! The examples from Covid-19 are there to make it easier to discuss the theories in a relevant situation. 2. Living in the City after Covid – Can Durkheim or Simmel guide us? Social interaction in the city and in communities has become ‘dangerous’ in the era of Covid-19. On the other hand, new forms of neighbourhood solidarity have emerged such as local WhatsApp group, volunteering to help the vulnerable, socialising around walks and exercise, and more. (a) How would Durkheim use his concept of ‘anomie’ to understand the risks to individuals of living in society with Covid-19? (150-200 words) (b) How would Simmel use his concept of ‘blasé attitude’ to understand the risks to individuals of living in society with Covid-19? (150-200 words) (c) Who of Durkheim or Simmel do you think provides the best explanation? Please give two reasons why. (150-200 words) For Durkheim: Please only use these readings ,not all them just the ones that are appropriate : Mueller, A. S., Abrutyn, S., & Osborne, M. (2017). “Durkheim’s “Suicide” in the Zombie Apocalypse” Contexts 16(2), 44–49. 
https://doi.org/10.1177/1536504217714260 Healy, K. 2019. “Rituals of Childhood” Kieran Healy Blog
https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2019/08/03/rituals-of-childhood/?fbclid=IwAR20y-tmF8z24WBACO9t3ggse0-ILBd-E-lwmxHBXHhtkgXYzYmgBVJWQx8 Then read the overview of Durkheim’s theories in: Dillon, Michele. 2014. Introduction to Sociological Theory Wiley
ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/nuim/detail.action?docID=1566387.
Chapter Three ‘Emile Durkheim’ Now read some short selections from Durkheim himself (PDFs below): Emile Durkheim, 1984. The Division of Labor in Society, New York: Free Press. Pages 12-29 Emile Durkheim, 1951. Suicide: A Study in Sociology. New York: Free Press. Pages 261-264   For Simmel : Frisby, D. (2012) "Simmel’s Streetscape of Modernity". Originally published in Greek in Giannakopoulou, G. (Ed.) (2012) David Frisby – Streetscapes of Modernity, in memoriam David Frisby. Thessaloniki, Nisides
https://www.gla.ac.uk/media/Media_555528_smxx.pdf Then read the theorists' own writings: Simmel, G. 1971.  The metropolis and mental life (1903) in D. Levine (ed) Georg Simmel on Individuality and Social Forms  
http://condor.depaul.edu/dweinste/theory/M&ML.htm SImmel, G. "The Stranger" http://www.dartmouth.edu/~germ43http://www.dartmouth.edu/~germ43/pdfs/simmel_stranger.pdf/pdfs/simmel_stranger.pdf  Then finally some analyses of SImmel's ideas and their legacies:  Davis, M. 1997. “Georg Simmel and Erving Goffman: Legitimators of the Sociological Investigation of Human Experience” Qualitative Sociology 20, 3, 369-388 Chayko, M. 2015. The first web theorist? Georg Simmel and the legacy of ‘The web of group-affiliations’, Information, Communication & Society, 18:12, 1419-1422