<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards . The specific problem is: limited sources and limited data; there is an older undeveloped history here cleanup Please help improve this article if you can . (July 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards . The specific problem is: limited sources and limited data; there is an older undeveloped history here cleanup Please help improve this article if you can . (July 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> In sociology, the social organism is an ideological concept in which a society or social structure is viewed as a "living organism". From this perspective, typically, the relation of social features, e.g. law, family, crime, etc., are examined as they interact with other features of society to meet social needs . All elements of a society or social organism have a function that maintains the stability and cohesiveness of the organism . </P> <P> The model or concept of society as an organism is traced by Maclay from Aristotle via a number of thinkers including Comte . It was then developed in the late 19th century by Émile Durkheim, a French sociologist . According to Durkheim, the more specialized the function of an organism or society the greater its development, and vice versa . Generally, culture, politics, and economics are the three core activities of society . Social health depends on the harmonious interworking of these three activities . This concept was further developed by Rudolf Steiner in his lectures, essays and books on "The Threefold Social Order" from 1904 for the next two decades . Hence, the "health" of the social organism can be thought of as a function of the interaction of culture, politics and rights, and economics, which in theory can be studied, modeled, and analyzed . The conception of an "organismic society" was elaborated further by Herbert Spencer in his essay on "The Social Organism". </P>

Who proposed similarity of society to human body