Foundations of Sociology

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The organicists linger over the functional groups or "organs/' composed of persons who coordinate their efforts in some pro- ducing, distributing, or regulating activity. Of this sort is a factory staff, a clearing-house, a police force, an administrative department. But there are at least three other kinds of groups in society.
1. Local or regional groups, termed by some "component societies, " or "segments, " and com- posed of neighbors exposed to the same physical environment and united by c
...ertain special interests. In barbarian society these are the chief struggle units; but in modern society they are fast losing their special interests, and consequently their iden- tity.
2. Likeness groups, characterized by special co- hesion, seeing that the sympathy and pleasurable companionship of their members with one another is greater than with outsiders. Those of the same group associate freely and have a more or less vivid consciousness of kind ; but between members of dif- ferent groups there is relative indifference, some- 18 273 FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIOLOGY times even suspicion and dislike.


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