Author Question: Explain Durkheim's concept of anomie. What will be an ideal ... (Read 38 times)

saraeharris · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

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 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 2, 2018

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