Emile DurkheimThinkers

Anomie (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a kind of homelessness felt in times of rapid social change when normal rules, habits, and beliefs no longer hold and alternatives have yet to arise.

Anomie (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a state of social disorganization brought on by the lack of (or insufficiency of) social and moral rules regulating activity between persons and groups.

Collective conscious (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an emergent characteristic of a group or society arising from and supporting a unified mental and emotional response to events of the world.

Collective consciousness (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an emergent characteristic (meaning it takes on a life of its own) of a group or society arising from and supporting a unified mental and emotional response to events of the world.

Collective effervescence (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠emotional excitement or delirium released in the wake of society level events (i.e. 9/11 or a school shooting) as individuals comes together to communicate the same thoughts and actions.

A Concept (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠that which, once born, obeys laws all its own. The concept has a life of its own, attracting one other, repelling each other, uniting, dividing itself and multiplying.

Conscience (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the greater, better part of man's existence which transcends the body, escaping its yoke, but remaining subject to the yoke of society.

Crime (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠both inevitable and necessary, a social fact necessitated by the utter impossibility of total agreement regarding norms and values among all members of a society.

Crime (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠necessary and is logically implied by the fundamental conditions of social organization insofar as no people exist whose morality is not daily infringed upon.

Culture (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the net of enmeshed norms, beliefs, traditions, and feelings which ensures that human beings are bound together by an internalized mesh of coercion.

Culture (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠to be found in every act, any insignificant gesture, each facial expression insofar as they are socially determined by laws, norms and customs.

The Division of labor (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a capitalist form of social production whereby workers specialize in one task and produce an object together.