Toward a General Theory of Anomie The Social Psychology of Disintegration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4180902 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Seth Abrutyn (0000-0001-6220-3362, University of British Columbia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 01 |
| Pages | 109-136 |
| Publication date | 2019-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-9756 • E-ISSN: 1474-0583 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003975619000043 |
| OpenAlex | W2939888094 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 69 |
Though anomie is one of sociology's most unique conceptual contributions, its progenitor, Emile Durkheim, was notably ambiguous about its meaning. Consequently, its use in contemporary sociology has varied wildly. In part, the confusion surrounding anomie stems from Durkheim's insistence that it iscausedbyderegulation, which has resisted operationalization. Nevertheless, careful consideration of the "four faces" of anomie most prominent in the sociological canon-that is, (1) the anomic division of labor, (2) anomic suicide, (3) Mertonian strain, and (4) the micro-level symbolic-cultural versions-reveals that disruption and disintegration, rather than deregulation, are the common threads woven through each. Drawing from this insight, a new theoretical conceptualization for anomie is offered that defines it as (a) a social psychological force operating at both the (b) individual- or "meso"/corporate unit-level of social reality that results from (c) chronic or acutedisruptionsthat, in turn, generate (d) real or imagined disintegrative pressures. Furthermore, disruptions are not only predicated on the real or imagined loss of social ties (dissolution), but also on the real or imagined loss of attachment to a coherent social reality (disjunction) and/or physical space (dislocation). This recalibration allows anomie to enter into deeper dialogue with a wide range of other phenomena that may in fact share some overlapping elements with anomie related to the pain of potentially losing cherished social relationships and the motivation toward self-harm, anti-socialandeven pro-social behaviors to escape this social pain
Anomie · Conceptualization · Criminology · Epistemology · Sociology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Emile Durkheim and Sociology · Psychology · Social Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
Perceived societal anomie, collective memory, and support for collective action
Perceived Social Exclusion and Loneliness
Perceived societal anomie and the implicit trajectory of national decline
Human totality and the total social fact
Pitilessly blocked futures and violently choked passions
Boredom, despondency, and the scourge that lays waste at noon
A Social Disorganizational Theory of Suicide 1
The Social Structure of Death Row as a Total Institution and Elements of Fatalistic Suicide
Revisiting Durkheim
Unmarked Emotional States and the Affective Anchoring of Continuity
Suicidal Ideation as a Multifactorial Concept
The making of an epidemic of pain
Renewal without replication
Disintegration in the Age of Covid-19
Tehran's troubled youth
From Public Culture to Personal Worth
Relational Durkheim
Health, Suicidal Thoughts, and the Life Course
Examining the Association between Racialized Economic Threat and White Suicide in the United States, 2000-2016
Social Estrangement and Psychological Distress before and during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Environmental anomie and the disruption of physical norms during disaster
Interpersonal Discrimination as a Potential Source of Individual-Level Anomie and its Consequences for Suicide Ideation
Alienation and Activism
The Cultural Field of Queer Nightlife
Durkheim's Suicide
Creating Mental Illness
Status Construction Theory
Anomie
Revisiting Merton
Suicide as escape from self.
Socio-economic status, family disruption and residential stability in childhood
The sacred canopy
Interaction Ritual
Principles of Group Solidarity
Chapter 3 Justice Frameworks
Alienation and Anomie
Social Structure and Anomie
Suicide
Chapter 6 Social Identity Theory
Social Identity Theory
L'anomie, ses usages et ses fonctions dans la discipline sociologique depuis Durkheim
Behavior in Public Places
Building on the Foundation of General Strain Theory
Crime, Shame and Reintegration
Exchange and Power in Social Life
The Managed Heart
A Social Constructionist Account of Grief
Pollution–purification rituals, cultural memory and the evolution of religion
Normlessness, Anomie, and the Emotions
Shame and Suicide
Addressing the Problem of Cultural Anchoring
The Causes of Suicide
Foundation for a General Strain Theory of Crime and Delinquency
Everything in its Path
The Decline in Shared Collective Conscience as Found in the Shifting Norms and Values of Etiquette Manuals
Stigma and Status
Toward a Cultural-Structural Theory of Suicide
When Too Much Integration and Regulation Hurts
Social action as the control of affect
Revisiting Institutionalism in Sociology
Social Theory and Social Structure
The Evolution of the American City and the Emergence of Anomie
Durkheim's Concept of Anomie Considered as a 'Total' Social Fact
Multiple Networks and Mobilization in the Paris Commune, 1871
Social Structure and Anomie
Durkheim's One Cause of Suicide
"Anomie and the "Quest for Community
Suicidal action, emotional expression, and the performance of masculinities
Dimensions of Social Capital and Rates of Criminal Homicide
Shame, Guilt, and Violence
Suicide and Shame
Symptoms, stigma, or secondary social disruption
Asylums
The Gift
Anomie and the Moral Regulation of Reality
The True Nature of Anomie
Recruiting Strangers and Friends
Durkheim and Merton on Anomie
Studies of the Routine Grounds of Everyday Activities
From Chiefdom to State
Emotional Reconciliation
The Socioemotional Foundations of Suicide
Durkheim's scenography of suicide
Merton's 'social structure and anomie
| Unique citing works | 24 |
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| Citations per year | 3,43 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |