Nazi Holocaust and The Anomie Perspective
Introduction
Anomie is a state of lawlessness, a lack of legal norms. The foundation for the theory of anomie, used to explain the causes of crime, is the result of Emile Durkheim's research. He believed that social behavior that deviates from the norm and crime is quite normal phenomena. If society does not have such behavior, then it is controlled to an abnormal limit. When people eliminate crime, they stop making progress, so crime in society is somehow a paycheck for social change (Bernburg, 2002). In the context of world problems, The Anomie Perspective explains the implications and actions of various societies. Thus, the Nazi policy toward the Jewish people that appeared in the Holocaust also had certain bases of anomie that led to the adoption of a "punishment" for the crime that existed in the beliefs of the Nazi worldview.
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As a result of social changes that can go both in the direction of economic collapse and in the direction of prosperity, favorable conditions are created for the division of labor and the greater diversity of life. When the unity of society collapses and the isolation of its elements increase, social behavior deviates and crime grows. Society appears in the state of anomie. One of the main causes of anomie is the loss of routine functions by institutions and groups that are the intermediate links between the individual and the state. There is a peculiar psychological paradox: a person feels more secure and free in a rigid closed system with a small choice of lessons and limited capabilities than in an uncertainty in an open system with universal rules that are formally equal for
Introduction
Anomie is a state of lawlessness, a lack of legal norms. The foundation for the theory of anomie, used to explain the causes of crime, is the result of Emile Durkheim's research. He believed that social behavior that deviates from the norm and crime is quite normal phenomena. If society does not have such behavior, then it is controlled to an abnormal limit. When people eliminate crime, they stop making progress, so crime in society is somehow a paycheck for social change (Bernburg, 2002). In the context of world problems, The Anomie Perspective explains the implications and actions of various societies. Thus, the Nazi policy toward the Jewish people that appeared in the Holocaust also had certain bases of anomie that led to the adoption of a "punishment" for the crime that existed in the beliefs of the Nazi worldview.
The Anomie Perspective …show more content…
As a result of social changes that can go both in the direction of economic collapse and in the direction of prosperity, favorable conditions are created for the division of labor and the greater diversity of life. When the unity of society collapses and the isolation of its elements increase, social behavior deviates and crime grows. Society appears in the state of anomie. One of the main causes of anomie is the loss of routine functions by institutions and groups that are the intermediate links between the individual and the state. There is a peculiar psychological paradox: a person feels more secure and free in a rigid closed system with a small choice of lessons and limited capabilities than in an uncertainty in an open system with universal rules that are formally equal for