@article{ref1,
title="The Current State of Anomie in Angola",
journal="Durkheimian Studies",
year="2017",
author="Blanes, R.L.",
volume="23",
number="1",
pages="26-39",
abstract="In this article I explore the contemporary relevance of Émile Durkheim's classic theory of anomie with respect to both the discipline of social anthropology and the study of politics in Africa. I take as a case study present-day, post-war Angola, where an activist mobilisation (the Revolutionary Movement) has engaged in what I call 'anomic diagnostics' in opposing the country's current regime. Through a political reading of Durkheim's theory, I suggest that, while the French author situates anomie and suicide as cause and consequence respectively within a conservative view of society, Angolan activists instead see anomie as the starting point for a progressive political proposition productive of rupture. © 2017. Durkheim Press<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1362-024X",
doi="10.3167/DS.2017.230103",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/DS.2017.230103"
}