1. Summary
Social-Strain Typology
Robert K. Merton suggested a typology of
deviant behavior. Typology is a system that devise for understanding something. There
are two standards in Merton’s typology. First, human’s motivation or cultural
goal. Second, human’s belief how to achieve goals. And there are five types of
deviance based on these two standards. Conformity contains acceptance of
cultural goals and means that attain those goals. Innovation contains acceptance of the goals of the culture and the rejection of traditional or legal means. Ritualism contains the rejection of cultural goals and routinized acceptance that is a means of attaining goals. Retreatism contains a rejection of cultural goals and traditional goals. Rebellion is a special case that rejects cultural goals and traditional goals. But this replaces elements of the society actively.
2. New / Interesting
I learned social-strain typology first time in this document. Social-strain typology is unfamiliar theory to me. This document explains this theory specific, so I can understand this theory easily. I learned there is several types of deviance that is conformity, innovation, ritualism, retreatism, rebellion.
3. Discussion point
In this document, I learn social-strain typology. This document introduce Merton's typology, I want to know if there are other scholar's typology theory. And I want to know other scholar's theory is similar with Merton's theory.
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