what is anomie?

Answer 1

Very generally, anomie is a state of normlessness. Without social regulations and norms, people can often lose their sense of purpose and meaning, fall into a state of anomie, and possibly commit suicide. A search for "Durkheim" and "anomie" will bring up oodles of websites that describe it.

Answer 2

Anomie occurs when you are out of your normal social setting. For example, during the industrial revolution people started leaving their traditional families which consisted of everyone in the family living under one roof in big rural towns to move into the city for factory jobs. This is the rise of the nuclear family, which is basically your immediate family, Mom,Dad,Sister, Brother. So what happened is alot of people were now preforming different kinds of jobs and living a whole diffrent lifestyle than they were used to. Instead of living in isolated houses, you are living in in crowded cities. Instead of knowing everyone in your neighborhood, most people really didn't even know their neighbor. So the state of Anomie was present. People did not know how to act because they were living totally different lives. I see alot of this going on today with the transition from Modern to Postmodern society. When Anomie is present usually people have the notion that the world is comming to an end, but its really not, its just that people are living in a diffrent society than they are used too.

Answer 3

The lack of values or standards

Answer 4

I"m not sure I think it's social instability