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  2. Mores - Wikipedia

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    William Graham Sumner (1840–1910), an early U.S. sociologist, introduced both the terms "mores" (1898) [4] and "folkways" (1906) into modern sociology. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Mores are strict in the sense that they determine the difference between right and wrong in a given society, and people may be punished for their immorality which is common place ...

  3. Sociology of culture - Wikipedia

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    The two types of norms are mores and folkways. Mores are norms that are widely observed and have a great moral significance. Folkways are norms for routine, casual interaction. [10] 5. Religion: The answers to their basic meanings of life and values. 6. Language: A system of symbols that allows people to communicate with one another. [10] 7.

  4. Albion's Seed - Wikipedia

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    Sumner's treatise Folkways: A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals posits: The folkways are habits of the individual and customs of the society which arise from efforts to satisfy needs; they are intertwined with goblinism and demonism and primitive notions of luck (sec. 6), and so they win ...

  5. Folkways - Wikipedia

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    Folkways: The Original Vision, a 1989 album produced by Smithsonian Folkways documenting the origins of Folkways Records; Folkways: The Original Vision (Woody and LeadBelly), a 2005 expanded version of the 1989 album; Folkways: a study of the sociological importance of usages, manners, customs, mores, and morals, a 1906 book by William Graham ...

  6. Mos maiorum - Wikipedia

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    The Roman family was one of the ways that the mos maiorum was passed along through the generations.. The mos maiorum (Classical Latin: [ˈmoːs majˈjoːrʊ̃]; "ancestral custom" [1] or "way of the ancestors"; pl.: mores, cf. English "mores"; maiorum is the genitive plural of "greater" or "elder") is the unwritten code from which the ancient Romans derived their social norms.

  7. Social norm - Wikipedia

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    The longevity of the norm: norms with a history are more likely to be effective [7] The universality of the norm: norms that make general claims (rather than localized and particularistic claims) are more likely to be effective [7] The prominence of the norm: norms that are widely accepted among powerful actors are more likely to be effective [3]

  8. Folkways (sociology) - Wikipedia

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  9. How to Observe Morals and Manners - Wikipedia

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    How to Observe Morals and Manners is a sociological treatise on methods of observing manners and morals written by Harriet Martineau in 1837–8 after a tour of America. [1] She stated that she wasn't looking for fodder for a book, but also privately remarked that "I am tired of being kept floundering among the details which are all a Hall and a Trollope (writer of Domestic Manners of the ...