VARIATIONS ON 2 THEMES IN DURKHEIM DIVISION-DU-TRAVAIL - POWER, SOLIDARITY, AND MEANING IN DIVISION-OF-LABOR

This paper explores two themes that had a significant place in Durkhei m's Division of Labor: the idea that people's needs and wants vary acr oss epoches and cultures, and the conception of societies as systems. The first leads to a rejection of efficiency as the primary driving fo rce behind advances in the division of labor. Considering power in add ition to efficiency, but also the complex conditions of trust and mean ing, leads into questions Of interdependence and systems analysis.