Social Fact

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2018
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Herzog, Patricia Snell
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A social fact consists of collective thoughts and shared expectations that influence individual actions. Examples of social facts include social roles, norms, laws, values, rituals, and customs. Violating social facts confirms their existence because people who act against social facts are typically sanctioned. Sociology is one of the primary disciplines in which social facts are studied.

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altruism, classical theory, culture, Durkheim, Émile, life course sociology, sociology of education, sociology of family, sociology of health and illness, sociology of knowledge, sociology of organizations, sociology of religion, sociology of work and occupations
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Herzog, Patricia Snell. 2018. “Social Fact.” In The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, Second Edition, G. Ritzer and C. Rojek. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeoss151.pub2.
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