Modern Toplumda Bireyin Krizi: Marx, Durkheim ve Weber’in Eserlerinin Bir İncelemesi

Abstract

With the onset of capitalist economy and industrialization, one can argue that a new era has begun with its peculiar characteristics and huge impact on the all spheres of life.As the individual is increasingly exposed to constant changes taking place in the modern society, he becomes astounded by the ceaseless movement in it and he goes through an individual crisis in that society where traditional ways of living, thought and conceptualizing do not work anymore.This paper aims to provide a definition of modern society at first and then to touch upon the works of prominent scholars in social theory such as Marx, Durkheim and Weber in order to find out how the concept of individual crisis is elaborated on in these works.