Durkheim Observed That Rapid Social Change Can Lead to a Condition

question 19

Multiple Choice

Durkheim observed that rapid social change can lead to a condition of norm "vacuum": old cultural rules no longer apply and new rules have not emerged to replace them.Durkheim's term for this is

• A)egotism.
• B)anomie.
• C)anarchy.
• D)cultural lag.

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