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  2. Nomos (sociology) - Wikipedia

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    Nomos was an Ancient Greek term that was used for a broad range of societal or socio-political norms or laws in the city-states of that time. [4] This was the basis for the literary claims that Hellenes were different or morally superior to the "warlike" and "bloodthirsty" tribes of the Thracians, who were accused of intemperate drunkenness, immorality and uninhibited sexuality.

  3. Social norm - Wikipedia

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    Norms are robust to various degrees: some norms are often violated whereas other norms are so deeply internalized that norm violations are infrequent. [4] [3] Evidence for the existence of norms can be detected in the patterns of behavior within groups, as well as the articulation of norms in group discourse. [4]

  4. Sociology of culture - Wikipedia

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    4. Norms: Rules and expectations by which a society guides the behavior of its members. 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.

  5. Normativity - Wikipedia

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    In the social sciences, the term "normative" has broadly the same meaning as its usage in philosophy, but may also relate, in a sociological context, to the role of cultural 'norms'; the shared values or institutions that structural functionalists regard as constitutive of the social structure and social cohesion.

  6. People Reveal 45 Social Norms They Secretly Find Just ... - AOL

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    To learn more about social norms, we contacted Dr. Joseph E. Davis, Research Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Picturing the Human working group at the Institute for Advanced Studies in ...

  7. Normalization (sociology) - Wikipedia

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    The concept of normalization can be found in the work of Michel Foucault, especially Discipline and Punish, in the context of his account of disciplinary power.As Foucault used the term, normalization involved the construction of an idealized norm of conduct – for example, the way a proper soldier ideally should stand, march, present arms, and so on, as defined in minute detail – and then ...

  8. Norm (philosophy) - Wikipedia

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    A more obviously action-oriented variety of such constitutive norms (as opposed to deontic or regulatory norms) establishes social institutions which give rise to new, previously nonexistent types of actions or activities (a standard example is the institution of marriage without which "getting married" would not be a feasible action; another ...

  9. Mertonian norms - Wikipedia

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    The four Mertonian norms (often abbreviated as the CUDO-norms) can be summarised as: communism: all scientists should have common ownership of scientific goods (intellectual property), to promote collective collaboration; secrecy is the opposite of this norm.