"Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling.
In his classic study "Suicide" (1897), French Sociologist Emile Durkheim coined the term anomie. Anomie derived from the Greek word "lawlessness" and according to Durkheim, it was "the lack of moral consensus and normative control in society, resulting from a breakdown of traditional authority." Since then, anomie has been used by Sociologists to describe the disintegration of social controls and ethics, specifically in modern industrialized societies undergoing major transitions. Sociologists observed individuals, including political leaders, who no longer felt accountable to each other nor constrained by traditional and moral constraints. They believed this kind of extreme narcissistic behavior and egotistical elitism led to the breakdown of social contracts and interpersonal relationships and bonds. Anomie also caused insecurity and alienation, even suicide."
In his classic study "Suicide" (1897), French Sociologist Emile Durkheim coined the term anomie. Anomie derived from the Greek word "lawlessness" and according to Durkheim, it was "the lack of moral consensus and normative control in society, resulting from a breakdown of traditional authority." Since then, anomie has been used by Sociologists to describe the disintegration of social controls and ethics, specifically in modern industrialized societies undergoing major transitions. Sociologists observed individuals, including political leaders, who no longer felt accountable to each other nor constrained by traditional and moral constraints. They believed this kind of extreme narcissistic behavior and egotistical elitism led to the breakdown of social contracts and interpersonal relationships and bonds. Anomie also caused insecurity and alienation, even suicide."
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