Sociology was born as an attempt to delimit an object of investigation offered by society as a social reality. The ambition was that of "treating the social facts as things" (Durkheim) or of understanding and explaining the social relati... P Kemp - 《Poznan Studies in the Philosophy of th...
a high rate of vertical mobility may produce individual and societalanomie(a term coined by the French sociologistÉmile Durkheim). The individual experiencing anomie feels socially isolated and anxious; in a larger, societalcontext, generally accepted beliefs and standards of conduct are weakened or...
Anomie, also spelled anomy, in societies or individuals, a condition of instability resulting from a breakdown of standards and values or from a lack of purpose or ideals. The term was introduced by the French sociologist Emile Durkheim in his study of s
Edward A. Ross was a founder of sociology in the United States and one of the first sociologists to pursue a comprehensive sociological theory. Ross was also a prolific writer whose flair for popular presentation greatly stimulated interest in social sci
Kurt Lewin was a German-born American social psychologist known for his field theory of behaviour, which holds that human behaviour is a function of an individual’s psychological environment. Lewin studied in Germany at Freiburg, Munich, and Berlin, rec