Explain Durkheim's concept of anomie. What will be an ideal ...

[saraeharris]

Explain Durkheim's concept of anomie.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

In describing the law of the three stages, Auguste Comte believed that knowledge moved to the _____ stage, where explanations were based on abstract philosophical speculations, and the state becomes the prominent social unit.
 
  a. positive b. theological
 c. metaphysical d. enlightenment

[duy1981999]

Answer to Question 1

As societies industrialized, more specialized economic activity became the basis of the

social bond because people became interdependent. Durkheim observed that rapid

social change and a more specialized division of labor produce strains in society. These

strains lead to a breakdown in traditional organization, values, and authority and to a

dramatic increase in anomiea condition in which social control becomes ineffective

as a result of the loss of shared values and of a sense of purpose in society.

Answer to Question 2

c

[saraeharris]

YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

[chereeb]

Excellent