Durkheim and anomie?

Anomie is a states of normlessness in which social regulations are weak and people do not understand the extent of the deviance of their choices.

Anomie is a state of being, as it would be experienced by an individual. So, an example of anomie would be: feeling depressed because of hopelessness and not knowing where one fits into society. An...

it means dismay, hopelesness or despair in a society.

Durkheim did some interesting studies on suicide in relation to sociological perspective. Durkheim believed that even intensely personal decisions (suicide) were affected by society. People with...

David Émile Durkheim (April 15, 1858 – November 15, 1917), the French sociologist