Social Norms In James Miller's Acting Out Culture

The introduction of Acting Out Culture spends a large amount of time discussing social norms in life, such as what they are, why we follow them, and how social norms are not permanent parts of our culture even if they appear to be. James Miller dives in further with this idea of the frigidly of social norms and how they evolve over time till it becomes the primary argument in the introduction of the novel by discussing past social norms that have changed, such as the use of seat belts, while also theorizing possible changes to our current social norms, such as teaching handwriting to students. Miller uses this argument as a device for teaching his audience how to analyze such arguments and how to develop a proper response.
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