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Critically examine how Durkheim and Merton explicate Anomie.

  • UPSC 2022
  • Sociological Thinkers

Anomie means a condition in which norms fail to regulate conduct. Émile Durkheim introduced it to diagnose the moral disorder of industrial society. Robert K. Merton reworked it into a theory of how social structure itself produces deviance.

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  • Durkheim: anomie as deregulation
  • Merton: anomie as structural strain
  • The two compared
  • Critical examination
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  • Conclusion

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