With big corporations taking overt liberal political stances on hot-button social issues, many who stand on the other side have started to question the neutrality of the market economy. We were ...

This paper presents an analysis of Durkheim's conceptions of the types of social environment which predispose individuals to suicide. All four of the types are considered: egoism, altruism, anomie, ...

PARIS — The world entered the 21st century with optimism, riding the wave of a so-called "happy globalization" that had begun a decade earlier. A relatively functional United Nations, a fairly ...

The prospect of 2020 in our rear-view mirror is greatly anticipated by many of us. And yet much detritus from 2020 will linger on into 2021. Socially, politically, and psychologically, the new normal ...

The ‘anomie’ concept – that the society is disintegrating and losing moral standards – explains why people with low socio-economic status trust politics less than those with a higher one, concludes a ...

Jean Marie Guyau, a French philosopher and sociologist, wrote about anomie earlier than Durkheim, in a way very different from the one with which we are familiar. Durkheim noted Guyau's discussion of ...

Musician Anomie Fatale chose her name deliberately. At age 20 she lost control of most of her body. She’s turning that pain and frustration into activist-flavored art. And it’s inspiring. “Anomie” is ...

She's toured with Tricky and collaborated with the Sneaker Pimps, but there's a good chance you haven't heard of Anomie Belle. Since bursting onto the scene in 2008 with Sleeping Patterns, the Seattle ...