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Compare and contrast the concepts of Anomie and Alienation. In order to answer the question posed, it is important to firstly define what is meant by the two important terms, I can then both compare and contrast Anomie and Alienation and discuss some of the complex issues surrounding both. Alienation is seen to be the separation from oneself, other individuals, society, or work. Some sociologists believe that alienation is inevitably produced not by the individual but by the shallowness and the lack of individuality of modern society. The concept of alienation has been held to account for behaviour patterns as diverse as motiveless violence and total immobility. Alienation is a state in which the creations of humanity appear to humans as alien objects. People create their own society but remain alienated until they recognise themselves within their own creation. Until this time people will assign an independent existence to objects, ideas and...

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