Question

The upheaval brought about by the Industrial Revolution led to profound changes in the nature of production and labor as well as the displacement of people as they sought out ways to make a living in the face of these changes. When French sociologist Emile Durkheim observed all of this, what did he call it?

Answer 1

Answer: Anomie

Explanation:

Anomie is a situation in which people make means to survive in anyway possible because they want to fulfill their dreams and goals. Anomie may occur as a deviant behavior from an individual who is using socially unacceptable behaviour to fulfill socially acceptable goals; this weakens a relationship that one has with the community in a primary socialization level and economic level. When a person start to live an unruly life it creates dysfunction within community as a person starts to reject the values and norms of that society.

According to Durkheim anomie occurs when the values and standards of the society no longer matches with that of an individual; which result to an individual not valuing the norms that are acceptable and finding themselves driven by illegitimate aspirations.