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What is the difference between the anomie in Merton and Durkheim? Explain.

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  • Sociological Thinkers

Émile Durkheim coined anomie for a society whose rules no longer hold desires in check. Robert K. Merton ("Social Structure and Anomie", 1938) kept the word but changed its logic. For Durkheim anomie is a shortage of regulation; for Merton it is the product of a cultural goal pressed too hard on a structure that…

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