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Which theorist contended that healthy societies are stable , while pathological ones are not

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Durkheim thought sociologists might examine impersonal social facts. He also thought that by conducting such research, it would be possible to identify whether a culture was "healthy" or "pathological." Pathological cultures had a breakdown in social standards, whereas healthy society were stable.

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