Who Invented Social Disintegration?

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The Theoretical Origins of This Idea Lie with Émile Durkheim Émile Durkheim the 1890S Were a Period of Remarkable Creative Output for Durkheim. in 1893, He...

Who Invented Social Disintegration?

The theoretical origins of this idea lie with Émile Durkheim

Émile Durkheim
The 1890s were a period of remarkable creative output for Durkheim. In 1893, he published The Division of Labour in Society, his doctoral dissertation and fundamental statement of the nature of human society and its development. Durkheim's interest in social phenomena was spurred on by politics.
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and Ferdinand Toennies. For both researchers one can see a division into two types of social integration corresponding to two historical phases.

What is social disintegration theory?

In social disintegration theory, the basic explanatory backdrop is the dynamic relationship of integration and disintegration between and within the different spheres: individual and functional system integration, integration into society, and integration into the community.

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What causes social disintegration?

Initially, “causes” for disintegrating the community were (a) a recent history of disaster, (b) widespread ill health, (c) extensive poverty, (d) cultural confusion, (e) widespread secularization, (f) extensive in and out migration, and (g) rapid and widespread social change.

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