Malinina, K. O. Anomia in the Social and Cultural Environment

Abstract: The subject being studied by the author is the social anomia. The purpose of the research is to provide a brief summary of the theories of anomia in terms of social and cultural environment and to analyze these theories in order to make a systematizing table. According to the author, the table would allow to develop triggers and methods for managing different forms of appearance of the studied phenomenon. This, in its turn, will allow to manage social processes. The author states that even though deviant behavior can trigger the evolutionary development of the society, it needs to be confined to certain limits. Analysis of works written by famous scientists as well as analysis of different approaches, terms and their classifications allowed the author to present anomic processes in a form of a summary table accompanied with comments. The scope of application of the research results includes social relations in all groups of people (from small groups to bigger associations including associations at the country level) where intrapersonal, intragroup contacts inevitably occur and solutions of intrapersonal, interpersonal and intragroup conflicts. Today’s Russian society is in the process of transformation which is usually accompanied with social anomia. Absence of standards and destruction of moral principles lead to the collapse of the social order. To maintain a more efficient functioning of the entire corporate state including social relations, it is necessary to develop regulation mechanisms of anomic processes.

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