Anomie

The differences and similarities of Karl Marx’s concept of alienation with Emile Durkheim’s theory of anomie in modern capitalism. The conceptualization by these two intellectual and classical sociologists is to elaborate by juxtaposing it to other concepts in detail for critical analysis in a compare and contrast fashion within modernity. As to staging different perspectives of what regulates and impacts the conditions of modern capitalism within the division of labour. To begin, Marx witnessed…

both progressive in one sense and yet corrupting in another sense depending upon the extent to which it fosters the positive values of community, and the extent to which it may degenerate if these values are not developed properly. ABSOLUTE FREEDOM, ANOMIE AND ALTRUISM. ABSOLUTE FREEDOM Rousseau’s Social Contract (1762) presents a view of society as corrupting, by describing the ways in which the transition from living freely, to living enslaved by the rules of society decays the virtue of man.…

Great Strain Theory, as presented and characterized by Robert Merton, is a Social Structure Theory used to help clarify the impact one's group, most eminently bring down class regions, has on their capacity to accomplish foreordained objectives, typically considered socially ordinary. Merton hypothesized that all individuals in a different culture and social structure have comparable esteems, objectives, and standards. He expressed that inside this social structure there are people who originate…

view on Merton’s strain theory challenged his focus on monoculture arguing if a single dominant culture is present then there must be other cultures by default (subcultures), suggesting the idea of status frustration rather than Durkheim and Merton’s anomie. Delinquent gangs operating within their own cultural norms and values, using their own language or attire, defining their own subculture. Ignoring material wealth in favour of status gained through non-utilitarian delinquency, this deviant…

Michelle Chen discusses the consequences of having to work while sick to both one's physical and mental health, in relations of theorists Marx and Durkheim. As Chen examines health, work, and paid leave, I will be discussing what both Marx and Durkheim perspectives would be on this article and what solutions they would provide to this particular issue. I believe that Marx does a better job in explaining the overall issues within this article, whereas Durkheim would provide a more suitable…

many professors began to see a pattern of higher crime in the center of a city. Elements of inner city life, such as poverty, illiteracy, and unemployment, led to social disorganization and created a higher amount of crime. Robert Merton created Anomie Theory in 1938, which stated there was a normalcy in certain American goals that are not available to everyone, so criminals go to crime…

Siegel and Brandon C. Welsh explains in chapter 4 the different causes of delinquent behavior (128). One of the more familiar theories used to explain why juveniles commit crimes is Strain Theory, Merton’s Theory of Anomie. Robert Merton used a slightly different concept of anomie that would explain the environments in the U.S society (142). Children of Low income families, who don’t receive good education and proper resources, are excluded of things they need and want such as sufficient amounts…

by simply selling crack on the streets. Structural changes shifted the crack economy causing anomie to arise that momentarily uprooted norms before the participants innovated and shifted to stealing from drug dealers. This period of anomie was brief as the people in the study found a new way to make money and adjusted to new norms. However, later in the ethnography they experience an extreme state of anomie boarding on anomic suicide. After drug robbing became no longer lucrative due to a major…

American Hardcore The early 80s punk rock film, American Hardcore, features bands such as Black Flag, Minor Threat, and Minutemen amongst others. The documentary addresses the birth and evolution of punk rock, beginning in 1978 and ending in 1986. Interviews from former members of these punk rock bands are included in the film. Throughout the film we are taken behind the scenes into the real world of punk rock, including riots, music production, performer’s attitudes and distinctive looks that…

Functionalism The functionalism, is one of the major theoretical perspectives in sociology. It has been rooted in the works of Emile Durkheim, and further developed by Talcott Parsons and Robert Merton. Emile Durkheim argued in his work The division of Labor in Society (1893), that the broad structures (values, norms, and belief systems) and institutions (economy, politics, education, religion, and family) of society work together to maintain the stability of society and keep it functioning…