French sociologist who formally established sociology as an academic discipline and is commonly counted among the principal architects of modern social science alongside Karl Marx and Max Weber. His concept of anomie, a breakdown of social norms under rapid change, is foundational to the criminological theories of Robert K. Merton and later strain theorists. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account Death YearSourced to the subject's own account NationalitySourced to the subject's own account Defining ContributionSourced to the subject's own accountOriginated the concept of anomie, foundational to strain and anomie theories of crime and deviance. 1 Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Emile Durkheim
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He formally established the academic discipline of sociology and is commonly cited as one of the principal architects of modern social science, along with Karl Marx and Max Weber.
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To Durkheim, anomie refers to a lack of social norms; where too rapid of population growth reduces the amount of interaction between various groups, which in turn leads to a breakdown of understanding.
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