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4 timestamped hits 3 source readings 5 extracted notes Aliases: anomies

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anomie

Loss of cultural rootedness when old values cannot confront rapid social change.

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Anomie

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Loss of cultural rootedness when old values cannot confront rapid social change.

anomie

Glossary

The confusion produced when people move from village norms to city rules and no longer know what action means.

anomie

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A city condition where older rules no longer apply and people do not know what to do.

Definition used in the 2025-06-05 lecture.

definition

Jiang defines anomie as the loss of cultural rootedness when inherited values cannot adapt to rapid change.

Sociological model in the 2025-06-04 lecture.

definition

Jiang identifies anomie, alienation, and disenchantment as psychological problems produced by the city: rule confusion, regulated lack of freedom, and machine-like loss of agency.

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Kill The Cult Of The Self

2025-06-04, day precision · Civilization #57: How Modernism Ruined Everything (Re-upload AUDIO FIXED -- Thanks to Gabriel Bessa)

Transcript

"You wanna know where this food is made. The problem, though, of course, is this is all an abstraction. You have absolutely no idea..."

Kill The Cult Of The Self

2025-06-04, day precision · Civilization #57: How Modernism Ruined Everything (Re-upload AUDIO FIXED -- Thanks to Gabriel Bessa)

Transcript

"And then afterwards, you become friends. In the city, if someone punches you, and you punch back, you both go to jail. So it's..."

Kill The Cult Of The Self

2025-06-04, day precision · Civilization #57: How Modernism Ruined Everything

Transcript

"So you go from the village to the city, now to the internet. Of course, this creates a lot of problems for people because..."

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