Mechanical solidarity is what sociologist Émile Durkheim suggests holds preindustrial societies together. Option D is correct.
Mechanical solidarity is the social integration of members of a society who have share values and beliefs. These common values and beliefs create a “collective conscience” that works internally in individual members to cause them to cooperate.
David Émile Durkheim was a French sociologist. He formally established the academic discipline and he is considered the principal architect of modern social science.
