Since anomie has been brought to the table

[Ian Livingston]

> Lack of rule was extended to mean lack of meaning.

Interesting. Is it rules that shape meaning--in the abstract, I mean?
Hm. A point to ponder. As this discussion started as discussion of
acedia, which is more a spiritual funk than an interpersonal malaise,
as anomie seems to be, I wonder, if there is fertile ground in
thinking about the two as shadings of one another?

On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 7:35 AM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net> wrote:
> On 1/7/2012 5:37 AM, Mark Kohut wrote:
>>
>> Check out the curious wikipedia article on it which Kai first sent.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomie
>> One curious thing is the "original research' that is, effectively,
>> literary criticism,
>> finding anomie as a major theme in many writers and movies......
>> (Seems a bit loose to me.....The Stranger, yes, Brothers K?, maybe not so
>> much.)
>>
>>  Q: Could describe Benny P.?
>>  article links it to tourism(?!) in later studies, a motif of V....
>>    "Durkheim describes anomie as "a rule that is a lack of rule,"
>> "derangement," and "an insatiable will."[2]
>> Why "an insatiable will"?..interesting, yes?
>>
>>
> The staff sociologist at the think tank i was at used to use the word to
> described the psychological state of workers brought about by the
> meaninglessness of industrial work.
>
> Lack of rule was extended to mean lack of meaning.
>
> He quoted Durkheim sometimes.
>
> P
>
> P



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