Collective effervescence ( CE) is a sociological concept coined by Émile Durkheim. According to Durkheim, a community or society may at times come together and simultaneously communicate the same thought and participate in the same action. Such an event then causes collective effervescence which excites individuals and serves to unify the group.Durkheim argued that society was a supraindividual force exist-ing independently of the actors who compose it. The task of sociology, then, is to analyze social facts—conditions and circumstances external to the individual that, nevertheless, determine one’s course of action. Durkheim argued that social facts can be ascertained by Durkheim differentiated between two broad types of social facts--material and nonmaterial. Material social facts, such as styles of architecture, forms of technology, and legal codes, are the easier to understand of the two because they are directly observable. Clearly, such things as laws are external to individuals and coercive over them. The contribution of French sociologist Emile Durkheim explains social facts as an idea, thing, or force that influences the action of individuals in a society. These actions are not limited to mere individuals but to supra individuals who are the generalised minds of individuals belonging to the community, more often referred to as Collective representations. Collective representations. A theoretical term closely associated with Durkheim, referring to forms of knowledge which exist over and above any particular member of society. Religious and moral systems, categories of space, time, and the person, even much scientific knowledge, have sui generis characteristics.
anomie, 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 Émile Durkheim in his study of suicide. He believed that one type of suicide (anomic) resulted from the breakdown of the social standards
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